Two members of a rap group that performed as an opening act at the Jim Jones concert late last month in Waterbury have been charged with murder after a drive-by shooting outside the show left one New Haven man dead & two others injured.
Andre Reed, 29, & Reginald Miles, 31, were among the group that performed before the famed rapper and reality TV star took the stage on July 24 at Off the Hook Lounge.
Detectives learned through videos of the show, nearby security cameras and eyewitnesses at the scene that the pair and several associates had a firearm in their SUV when gunfire rang out after the concert ended.
Douglas Daniels, 37, was struck in the shoulder and chest by the shots & was rushed to St. Mary’s Hospital but died a short time later. Another 35-year-old man was shot in the hip & a 33-year-old man was shot in the head, but they both survived.
Reed was arrested Aug. 10 & Miles was arrested Thursday, more than a week after Watebury police publicly identified him as a wanted suspect & sought the public’s help locating him.
Both men were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder & two counts of first-degree assault, according to police. Miles also faces another half-dozen weapons charges & a charge of reckless endangerment.
Miles remains in custody in lieu of $3 million bond & Reed on $2 million bond.
Both injured men spoke with police in the aftermath that night & one told them witnesses had seen a man in a red mask open fire, & they remembered a man performing in a red mask earlier in the afternoon as an opening act, records show. Daniels died before he could speak with police.
Detectives reviewed social media videos of the opening act that included the man in the red mask & immediately recognized many of the men involved in the rap group, including Reed & Miles, who at one point pulled the red mask down to reveal his face while performing.
The young man who shared the backseat with Miles came forward to police early this month to explain what he saw happen & he is identified in the court records only as cooperating witness one for fear of retaliation.
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Source: Hartford Courant
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