'Detroit, we are in trouble'

‘Detroit, we are in trouble’

‘Detroit, we are in trouble’

The above titled caption is what Sheila Shaver, mother of 23 year old Wyman Shaver III said after her son was brutally murdered on Detroit’s east side. Shaver was killed by two young thugs who took his vehicle, even though Shaver voluntarily gave them the keys.

Eighteen year old Trenton Shell, and 19 year old Victor Newell (pictured above), both face life in prison for this brutal murder.

The grieving Ms. Shaver is absolutely correct. Detroit is indeed in serious trouble when it comes to violent crime. Detroit has seen so much of this type activity that citizens have become immune to it. Criminals such as Newell and Shell are running rampant throughout the streets where lawlessness seems to rule.

By all accounts, Shaver III was a young father who had aspirations of being a nurse and owning his own towing company. He was one of the dwindling few young men of this city who wanted to live his life the right way. However, with one pull of the trigger, he is no longer here to fulfill his dreams.

Does Michigan need to incorporate the death penalty? Would that be a deterrent to the escalating violence in our communities? Something drastic needs to be done here, or Detroit could become the Damascus, Syria of the West.
This generation of children are living in a sea of hopelessness. Violence seems to be their only way of solving everyday issues. And looking through my crystal ball, there seems to be no end in sight.
Detroit, we are in trouble.

S.Ray Harris
Live From Detroit
http://livefromdetroit.biz/blog/