Fort Wayne, Indiana

It appears the residents returned fire

From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette of January 24, 2006

Suspect charged in Friday gunfight on Warsaw Street

A man arrested Friday after a Warsaw Street shootout has been charged in connection with the shooting, which injured two people.

Police arrested Antwan T. Walker, 25, of the 5000 block of Gaywood Drive, Friday on preliminary charges of criminal recklessness and being a serious violent felon in possession of a handgun. Additional preliminary charges of possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer and possession of a handgun without a license were later added.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, Walker admitted to having a .40-caliber handgun and that he fired it during a gunfight in the 2500 block of Warsaw Street that injured two people. Police found .40-caliber shell casings on the porch of a home on Warsaw Street.

Police were called to 2524 Warsaw St. at 2:19 p.m. Friday on a report of shots fired. They found Julius Arrington suffering with a gunshot wound to his buttocks, and a round grazed Shanisha Parrish’s forehead inside that home, court records said.

Police burst into 2531 Warsaw St. about 3 p.m. and took Walker into custody. Walker was taken to police headquarters and told detectives that after the shootout he gave the gun to his girlfriend, according to court documents.

The girlfriend told investigators that Walker handed her the gun and she placed it inside a dryer pipe, where police later recovered the handgun, court records said.

Walker has criminal convictions that prevent him from legally possessing a handgun. He was released from federal custody in August after a March 2001 conviction for possession of cocaine. Walker also has a prior misdemeanor conviction for domestic battery in Allen County from 1999, court documents said.

He was released from custody late Monday night on bond.