I am going to go through this real slow so you know exactly what happened.
A woman decided to scam some friends by pretending to be pregnant and having a gender reveal party. About 30 people attended the party and brought the woman gifts.
This is where it gets a little complicated. Three men then bumrushed the party, but the question begs was that part of the woman’s plan or was it just a coincidence? What we do know is she used the shooting to try to continue her scam.
Three men were charged Wednesday in a 2017 shooting that left one woman dead and eight wounded at a gender reveal party in Ohio, authorities said.
Authorities say it took almost a year and a half to make arrests in the case because detectives looked into several false leads. Colerain Township Police Chief Mark Denney said uncooperative witnesses provided misinformation that “hindered the investigation, no doubt.”
Witnesses told police about 30 people attended the party, but only about a dozen stayed into the night to watch a movie. Two armed men entered the home through an unlocked door around 11 p.m. and sprayed at least 14 rounds of bullets into the living room before running away.
The party was held for then 21-year-old Cheyanne Willis, who claimed to have suffered a miscarriage after being shot in the thigh. Investigators later found that she was not pregnant to begin with.
The woman murdered Autum Garrett was Willis’ cousin. Garrett’s husband and kids were shot as well but lived.
This sounds like a set up to me, but according to the cops it was drug-related, but it could be both.
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