Man goes on trial today in 1995 shooting death of Ann Arbor teenager

Wow, it is about time this is coming to trial. I live in the neighboring community and heard all the noise that night. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Stewart family.

What neighborhood on the South side? Any street info, etc.?

@Paul: Tamara Stewart was at a barbeque near the corner of Hemlock and Plainview courts (near the Bryant Community Center in the neighborhood bordered by Stone School, Ellsworth and I-94) when she was struck by a stray bullet.

odd...I thought things like only happened in Ypsi

@tdw:
or...that?

What a piece of work this guy is. If convicted [of murdering 4 people]he'll spend some time in prison, but dime will getcha a dollar he's out after serving the minimum and headed down the same path.

I think this occurred at Arrowwood Hills cooperative housing before it changed hands.

The intersection of Plainview and Hemlock is in the Stonybrook (I think that's the name)subdivision, which is not part of the co-op.

Glad this guy is finally locked up. William "Dollar Bill" Wells has been locked up for 15 years on this charge, ridiculous.

@blake_138 NO ! nothing like this has ever happened in the peaceful community of arrow wood hills I've lived there for 40 years, and what do mean bye "changed hands "@tdw
stuff like this has happens in ann arbor too.

anti-thug: I could be wrong, but I think blake_138 may have been referring to the Forest Hills Cooperative off of Shadowood Dr. in A2. It's in the same area that the shooting took place in.

The story has been updated with a map that shows the approximate location of the 1995 shooting.

Anti-thug, I think there have been murders at Arrowwood in the past. It's my understanding that a guy named Scott Pfieffer was shot in the head and killed at Arrowwood about 6 years ago.

And yes The 1995 shooting was at the Stoney Brook sub-division, on the south side, near Stone School and Elsworth.

@Atticus - the Arrowwood murder was back in 2004.

"A late-night argument in the parking lot of a large townhouse complex on Ann Arbor’s north side erupted in deadly gunfire, marking the first homicide in the city in a little more than a year’s time.

A group of people were gathered in a parking lot at Arrowwood Hills Cooperative off Pontiac Trail about midnight Friday when the shots were fired, killing 29-year-old Scott Michael Pfeifer, Detective Sgt. Jim Stephenson said."

quoting the Ann Arbor News; posted at Arbor Update http://arborupdate.com/article/246/murder-in-arrowwood-hills

Thanks for the update. I was pretty sure that there had been a murder at Arrowwood in the past.
Although I wasn't sure if it occured in Arrowwood, or in Scott's nieghborhood. Which was directly across the street from Arrowwood.

My heart goes out to the Stewart family. It must be tough having to relive such a horrible memory that happened so many years ago. I hope this trial provides them closure.

@Atticus F. other then that i don't believe much has happened in arrow wood look a the ann arbor news arches going back into the 70's there hasn't even been breaking and entering in years ,people are going to stereotype that have a large African American populations , no ones walking about the white man who killed 2 people on ann arbor west side, why ?

Anti-Thug, I actually agree with you that Arrowwood suffers from a bad stereo-type. The truth of the matter is that the majority of people that live there ARE good people.

(2 Cents on the matter) Its very sad to see people's insight into matters they have little or no solid knowledge of... it's complete racism, so subtle they dont even know they're portraying themselves as so.

So let me try this again.. I originally posted something along the lines of this...
Yea, I know @ Prix06, I'm just sick and tired of hearing all these negative views on this shabby website about areas such as Arrowood, Stony Brook, Hikone, North/South Maple and Pinelake-(where I came up) when these outsiders dont do nothing but drive past and MAYBE talk about the latest usually media-overblown incident at some coctail party. The interaction between the rich and poor neighborhoods is little to non-existant and it's discusting! The Low-Income Housing Commission has very little to offer in Ann Arbor...they want us all to seek refuge in Ypsi and stay the heck out of Ann Arbor to the point where these yuppies (like the ones who comment throughout this site) forget we even exist! YES!..bad stuff happen in A2 too! Things tend to get ugly when left negligent... I.E. NEIGHBORHOODS!!

@DianeCantor, you state in a comment above information about another person involved in this shooting. Some accurate details to replace the original comment:

"The only other person convicted in Stewart's death, William Wells, then 16, served eight years of a six- to 20-year sentence for second-degree murder. He was paroled in 2006."

from http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2008/10/man_charged_again_in_1995_slay.html