DETROIT (WXYZ) — Hours after 28-year-old JuJuan Parks was arraigned via video in Detroit's 36th District Court on murder charges in the shooting death of Officer Rasheen McClain, the police sergeant accused of being a coward on the night he was killed suddenly retired.
- Source: Days before suspect killed Officer McClain, he targeted some of his own friends
- DPD sergeant suspended in connection to officer's death had been fired in 2014 for cowardice
- Sergeant Ronald Kidd came under fire last week after Chief James Craig accused Kidd of cowardice, saying Kidd could hear on his police radio that McClain and other officers were under fire and he failed to respond to their screams for help.
Late Thursday afternoon, Kidd's attorney, Odey Meroueh, told reporters that during the shootout, his client couldn't help because he was having an episode of PTSD that was brought on by his years of police work and time serving as a Marine.
But Kidd's problems won't go away with his sudden retirement. Detroit Police are still investigating his alleged neglect of duty and say it's still possible that a misdemeanor warrant request for criminal charges could still be presented to prosecutors against Kidd.
As for murder suspect Parks, he's being held without bond after being arraigned on a 16 felony count warrant that includes a charge of First Degree Premeditated Murder and three counts of Assault with Intent to Murder (attempted murder.)
Parks is also a suspect in a number of other shootings, including the murders of Nathaniel Loyd and Dontez Calhoun.
7 Action News has learned that Parks was first incarcerated in 2011 on an assault case. He was paroled in December 2015, but returned to prison six months later for violating parole by assaulting a woman.
State officials tell 7 Action News that the victim in the assault case refused to testify, but police officers did and Parks was sent back to prison.
Parks was paroled again in July 2019 after state officials said he showed remorse, took responsibility for his crimes, and completed the required programming.
Then in late October, Parks was named as the shooter in a drive-by shooting at a house on Wyoming on Detroit's west side.
Police Chief James Craig has gone on record saying Parks was not arrested after that shooting because it appears there was no proper follow up by investigators at the 12th Precinct.
Parks was still not arrested when he reported to his parole officer on Nov. 7 where his drug test was negative.
Then, just over a week later, Parks allegedly went on a murderous rampage, targeting some of his friends. Sources say he was shooting them because a woman he was interested in claimed his friends mistreated her, but the same sources say the woman had lied.
Parks allegedly shot four men, killing two of them, Nathaniel Loyd and Christian Calhoun. A third victim was shot in a case of mistaken identity, according to sources.
A couple days later is when Parks would have his deadly encounter with police. It happened at a house on Wyoming - the same house he allegedly shot up in late October.
Officer McClain and three other officers were responding to a report of a home invasion. Police say Parks cut out the lights in the house to lure officers to the basement where he allegedly opened fire on the officers, killing McClain.
Parks was shot in the arm in a shootout with police. He tried to escape but was caught a few houses away.
While bond has been denied in the case of the murder of Officer McClain, Parks will remain with the Michigan Department of Corrections on a parole violation.
Parks will be transported back and forth from Jackson to Detroit for his appearances on the case.
7 Action News has obtained this list of violations by Parks during his periods of incarceration:
10/2/2011 – Out of Place
12/14/2011 – Disobeying a Direct Order, Insolence, Out of Place
1/1/2012 – Interference with administration of the rules
1/3/2012 – Interference with administration of the rules
1/8/2012 – Out of Place
1/9/2012 – Insolence
1/24/2012 – Destruction/Misuse of property
2/9/2012 – Out of Place
2/13/2013- Interference with administration of the rules, disobeying a direct order, insolence
2/19/2012 – Out of Place
9/7/2012 – Insolence
10/6/2012 – Disobeying a direct order, gambling, substance abuse
10/10/2012 – Out of Place
5/26/2013 – Threatening behavior
9/25/2013 – Disobeying a direct order
9/23/2013 – Disobeying a direct order, gambling
9/26/2013 – destruction/misuse of property, incite to riot or strike, possession of a weapon
11/1/2013 – destruction/misuse of property
3/24/2014 – Possession of forged documents
6/11/2014 – Sexual misconduct – words or actions of a sexual nature
6/13/2014 – Interference with administration of the rules
7/11/2014 – Unauthorized occupation of a cell or room
7/12/2014 – Destruction/misuse of property, sexual misconduct – words or actions, threatening behavior
9/4/2014 – Class III misconduct
11/15/2014 – Substance abuse
11/25/2014 – Substance abuse – alcohol
7/26/2016 – Possession of forged documents
8/31/2016 – Disobeying a direct order
9/17/2016 – Disobeying a direct order, threatening behavior
3/30/2017 – Out of place
12/7/2018 – Disobeying a direct order
3/13/2019 – Destruction/misuse of property
4/29/2019 – Out of place
6/23/2019 – Out of place
6/28/2019 – Substance abuse – tobacco
