Man Sentenced To Prison In Fatal Shooting At Wendy's Drive-thru
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A man convicted in the fatal shooting and carjacking of a 28-year-old Detroit father who was waiting with his two young sons at a Wendy's drive-thru has been sentenced to prison.
Twenty-four-year-old Dezmen Faqua was sentenced Wednesday to 25 to 50 years after being found guilty last month of second-degree murder and other charges.
Authorities say Faqua shot Reed multiple times on June 6 as the man sat in his vehicle at a fast food restaurant in the 22000 block of Grand River in northwest Detroit.
Reed's car, cash and a Rolex watch were taken after the shooting.
Reed's 9-year-old son, who was shot in his right thumb in the incident, addressed Faqua before the sentencing — referring to him as "another bad guy off the street."
"Why did he choose to do this? He shot me, gave my brother nightmares, and he took someone who was in the center of my heart," a tearful Christopher Reed, Jr. said. "He knows well he wouldn't want nobody to take his daddy's life...That was a bad idea, and now I have to live with it for the rest of my life."
Faqua, meantime, maintained his innocence.
"I feel remorseful for whatever happened to their family. I hope they can get past the situation and find the right person who did it," Faqua said.
Faqua is no stranger to the legal system. According to the Michigan Department of Corrections, he was released from jail in Jan. 2014 after serving a three-year sentence in connection with a laptop theft ring in Detroit.
In that case, Faqua — who was 19 at the time — was one of 10 men involved in the theft of 104 Detroit Public Schools laptop computers, valued at $158,000. The case also involved Michigan State football player Dion Sims, who pleaded guilty to similar charges. Sims, who now plays for the Miami Dolphins, was sentenced to a year of probation and 15 hours of community service.
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