PONTIAC (WWJ) -- Two Pontiac men are behind bars, accused in a deadly shooting that authorities say happened during an argument over one of them spitting in a sink.
The 22-year-old Pontiac man, as well has his 22-year-old alleged accomplice, are expected to be appear in court on Friday to face charges in connection with the incident in Pontiac Wednesday night.
According the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, multiple people were gathered at an apartment in the 200 block of Carriage Circle at around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 when an argument broke out.
Witnesses told investigators that a visitor to the apartment had spit in the sink, which the resident, 33-year-old Cornelius James Jones, deemed "disrespectful."
After Jones told the spitter to leave the apartment, the spitted pulled a gun and shot James multiple times.
When OCSO deputies arrived on the scene, the found Jones unconscious on the floor of his apartment, but still breathing. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The shooter and had fled the scene, was tracked down and arrested with assistance from a drone and K9 units.
His alleged accomplice, who had allegedly taken the gun, was also arrested after a foot chase, officials said. He'd dropped the gun during the chase, according to the sheriff's office, but it was found with help from the K9s.
"It is unfathomable that a human life would be taken for something so absurdly trivial as a person spitting in a sink," Sheriff Michael Bouchard said, in a statement. "The individuals involved in this should be held accountable with the most severe penalty. I applaud the great work of our deputies on
responding to a chaotic and very dangerous scene and chasing and catching an armed murderer as he fled under the cover of darkness."
The suspects' names are being withheld pending their arraignments on formal charges.
