Five teens, grandma, girlfriend tied to home invasion that left Flint, MI WM, 63 homeowner dead

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Five teens, grandma, girlfriend tied to home invasion that left homeowner dead
Posted on July 14, 2017 at 6:05 PM

FLINT, MI - Five teens, a grandma and girlfriend of a suspect have been tied to a home invasion on Flint's east side that left a 63-year-old man dead on Tuesday, July 11.

In Genesee County District Court on Friday, July 14, Michigan State Police swore out warrants before Judge William Crawford for the seven suspects in the case.

The five teens, alleged to have been directly involved with the home invasion, are Jordan William Alexander, Zicary Lamar Carpenter, Joshua Jeremiah Eubanks, Tyler Jameil Pagel, and Dre Shavon Jones.

Each is charged with:

One count of felony murder
One count of first degree home invasion
One count of conspiracy to commit first-degree home invasion
One count of assault with intent to rob while armed
Three counts of felony firearm.

Alexander, Carpenter, Eubanks and Pagel are in police custody, while Jones remains at large, police said.

Officers responded around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, to the 100 block of South Cumberland Street - off of Longway Boulevard - after a call to 911 in reference to a shooting in the area.

According to police, the 63-year-old victim, Albert Ballard, was asleep on a couch on the first floor of his home when the teens entered the house through an unlocked door.

Once inside the house, one suspect held Ballard at gun point, telling him to "give him all the money," police said in court.

In the same moment, another suspect began to leave the home with Ballard's television, while the other three teens went to the second floor of the home where Ballard's wife, Jan, was sleeping, police said.

Striking her in the face with another gun, the trio instructed the woman to hand over her money, police said.

On the first floor of the house, Albert Ballard moved to his kitchen to get his .45-caliber handgun from a cupboard, police said.

At that point, police said the teen leaving the house with the television dropped the set and ran out of the home, while Ballard began to run up the stairs of the house to the second floor.

After Ballard shot one of the teens in the chest, the teen - accompanied by his friend who was previously leaving the home with the television - fled the scene in a vehicle, crashing less than a mile away from the home in the intersection of East Court Street and South Vernon Avenue.

One of the teen suspects was taken to Hurley Medical Center following the crash, where he has not yet been released, police said.

Ballard then ran upstairs to protect his wife where he struggled with one of the defendants and several rounds of gunfire were shot, police said.

One of the bullets traveled through Ballard's arm to his chest, and he was later pronounced dead, police said.

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