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Man with unloaded gun killed by victim May 19, 2007
BY BEN SCHMITT and JACK KRESNAK
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS

A robbery and crime spree aided by an unloaded gun came to a halt late
Thursday when the gunman met more than his match: a gun with bullets.

Charles Parker Jr., 18, of Detroit was killed when a 53-year-old man
pulled out a 9mm handgun and shot the teen, who was armed with an unloaded
.22-caliber handgun.

Detroit police are calling it self-defense.

The botched carjacking on Grand River and Prevost came after a string of
robberies in Detroit on Thursday, which police said were committed by
Parker and four others, ranging in age from 16 to 20.

The robberies began about 8:40 p.m. Thursday at Kentucky and Curtis when a
16-year-old was robbed of his cell phone, a silver chain and his wallet,
by at least two of the suspects, police said.

At 9:30 p.m., the robbers attempted to carjack a couple in the driveway of
their home in the 19600 block of Appoline, police said. One pointed the
unloaded gun at the couple and pulled the trigger.