Shooting scene at Graceland Cemetery in Racine
RACINE, Wis. - A 16-year-old boy has now been charged as an adult in connection to a June 2 shooting at Racine's Graceland Cemetery.
Prosecutors have now charged Luis Granados III of being involved. Lamarion Blair, 20, was also previously charged with 49 counts in connection to the shooting.
Prosecutors said "several mourners" were shot during the funeral ceremony for Da'Shontay King – two of whom had to undergo surgery. A criminal complaint states King was a "known 12th Street Gangster Disciple gang member" and the shooting stemmed from a gang dispute.
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A criminal complaint states the suspect vehicle in the cemetery shooting, a Chevrolet Equinox, was seen on surveillance parked near the cemetery across from a home that police say is affiliated with the "Northside For Life" gang. Per the complaint, Blair and Granados are members. The Chevrolet's computer system placed its location at the cemetery at the time of the shooting.
The complaint states a shootout on Wright Street between people in the Chevrolet and another vehicle – believed to have been associated with the 12th Street Gangster Disciple – shortly followed the cemetery shooting.
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Police later arrested Granados for firearm possession by an adjudicated delinquent. The weapons matched the casings found at both the cemetery scene and the Wright Street shootout. His fingerprints were also found inside the Chevrolet.
In all, Granados is charged with:
- First-degree recklessly endangering safety (23 counts)
- Possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent
Lamarion Blair
Blair was later arrested in Las Vegas by U.S. Marshals. He told authorities that he was in the vehicle during the second shooting incident but that he "didn't shoot no gun."
He is charged with 23 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, along with 25 counts of felony bail jumping and one count of possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent.