Homicide suspect turns himself in to Ypsilanti police
Leonard Ware
The 34-year-old Ypsilanti Township man accused in the homicide of 29-year-old Bhagavan Allen turned himself in Monday, Sgt. Thomas Eberts confirmed.
Leonard Ware was transported to the Washtenaw County Jail and will be arraigned Tuesday, Eberts said.
He presented himself at the Ypsilanti Police Department with an attorney at about 12:30 p.m., a news release said.
Police believe Ware shot Allen on South Grove Street near South Street in Ypsilanti at about 4 p.m. Wednesday following a dispute at work over job performance, AnnArbor.com has previously reported. Huron Valley Ambulance paramedics took Allen to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township, but he died on the way, police said.
The men worked together at nearby Marsh Plating Corp.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Susan
Thu, Oct 11, 2012 : 12:07 a.m.
He has no version. He shot the man 9 times, twice in the heart. What version could he have for taking someone's life? "It was an accident?" This was senseless and sadly it ruined so many lives.
rs
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 11:50 a.m.
Guilt can be a tough thing to live with.
YpsiVeteran
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 1:29 p.m.
Do you really think someone who would shoot a person in cold blood, then cross the street, stand over the helpless victim and fire several more shots into his defenseless body is likely to experience guilt?
RJA
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 2:47 a.m.
Great news !! How sweet of him to turn himself in. It was obvious he would get caught soon.
grimmk
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 1:24 a.m.
Finally! Some good news!!
blueeyegirl
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 1:13 a.m.
Sad....very sad!
Sandra Samons
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 10:50 p.m.
Good that he didn't make himself a hunted man, but still sad. Two lives wasted. If only people would realize that you can't destroy another life w/o destroying your own.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 12:57 a.m.
And to a large extent, family on both sides.
Tru2Blu76
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 7:44 p.m.
At least Mr. Ware had the sense to seek out an attorney and to surrender with his attorney present. Would have been great to be a fly on the wall during his talk with his attorney. From here on, we can only speculate about the probable defense strategy.
BhavanaJagat
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 7:28 p.m.
Best Wishes to Marsh Plating Corporation Employees: I am happy to know that the suspect is now under Police custody. I send my best wishes to all the employees of Marsh Plating Corporation. This incident has shocked several of its employees and I am hopeful that they will soon recover from this tragedy. I wish them peace, happiness, and prosperity. I know that they work hard to earn their pay and they have the right to take pride in their work and workplace.
Craig Lounsbury
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 6:14 p.m.
That is a good thing. Nobody else hurt in the process. May justice prevail.
stevek
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 1:56 p.m.
anti-thug---from your comments I can't figure out if I should agree with you or disagree with you.
Craig Lounsbury
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 1:30 p.m.
"...justice never prevail," a 100% failure rate of our judicial system? sorry I disagree.
anti-thug
Tue, Oct 9, 2012 : 3:26 a.m.
IM sure the guys been prison before came back much worst.. what we should do is change the prison system so don't com back this way.
anti-thug
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 7:46 p.m.
justice never prevail, as long they sale prison space..capitalism .
WalkingJoe
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 6:13 p.m.
Wondering what his version of the events will be.
djacks24
Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 7:01 p.m.
I'm betting self defense (seeing as the victim was approaching him before he fired shots) and a lighter sentence for turning himself in. But any way you spin it, the guy didn't turn himself immediately. Also he was carrying a concealed weapon (more than likely had no permit to do so) and he stood over the victim and shot him a few more times even after the victim was down.