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Feb
1
Someone Threatened Kwana Shaw Before Shooting
Filed Under crime, Gary, Gary Indiana, Josiah Shaw, Kwana Shaw, urban peril | Comments Off
Kwana Shaw’s family says someone threatened Kwana and baby Josiah Shaw before the carjacking and shooting that killed 13-month-old baby Josiah Shaw and left Kwana critically injured with a gunshot to her lung, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Family members say the shooting wasn’t a random carjacking.
Reports Steve Schmadeke in the Chicago Tribune:
The family of an infant fatally shot in Gary Monday night while strapped into the back of his mother’s car said they believe his death stemmed from a personal dispute, not a carjacking as police have theorized. …
Samuel Shaw said his daughter moved in with him after someone threatened to kill her and the baby.
Josiah Shaw was a “miracle baby” who was born without a heartbeat but had since thrived, his grandfather said. His name came from the Bible, and the boy liked to listen to his grandfather read from Scripture. His mother, the younger of two children, is a “really sweet person” planning to become a teacher in the Gary school district, Shaw said.
Feb
1
ID Theft Key To Motive In Baby Josiah Shaw Shooting?
Filed Under crime, Gary, Gary Indiana, Gary Police, Josiah Shaw, Kwana Shaw, Terry Bethel, Terry Noel, urban peril | 2 Comments
An identity theft case allegedly designed to avoid a DNA paternity test may be a motive in the Baby Josiah Shaw shooting in Gary during a carjacking earlier this week.
The Post-Tribune’s Lori Caldwell reports:
A complicated identity theft scheme involving the “person of interest” held in Monday’s shooting death of 13-month-old Josiah Shaw may provide detectives with a motive.
Indiana State Police began an investigation in early 2007 after a Gary man attempted to obtain a driver’s license using Terry Noel’s identification, including a birth certificate and bank card.
The man told State Police detectives Noel, also known as Terry Bethel, wanted to avoid a DNA test that would link him to a child born out of wedlock, sources said.
