Mother of two men charged with murder accused of being accessory after the fact

The mother of two young men charged in the fatal shooting of a man Sunday outside a Kmart in Ypsilanti Township has now been charged in the case, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department spokesman Derrick Jackson said tonight.

Tina Crockett is in the Washtenaw County Jail, charged with accessory after the fact to a homicide.

She is being held on $300,000 bond, jail officials said. Jackson did not have details on the allegations against her.

Her sons, 20-year-old Michael Dshawn Crockett and 16-year-old Charles Pippens, are each jailed on charges including open murder in the death of 20-year-old Chris King. No other arrests are anticipated.

King, of Ypsilanti Township, was fatally shot at about 4 p.m. Sunday outside a Kmart near the intersection of Washtenaw Avenue and Golfside Road.

Deputies say at least two guns were involved in the incident - one of which was recovered at the scene.

Investigators say they have not been able to determine whether the gun recovered at the scene belonged to either of the brothers charged in the case.

Lee Higgins covers crime and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at (734) 623-2527 and e-mail at leehiggins@annarbor.com.