Three people charged in killing of Family Dollar security guard over mask policy

[RandySF]

A Family Dollar store security guard was fatally shot in Flint, Mich., on Friday after telling a customer her child had to wear a face mask to enter the store, the prosecutor’s office said.

The argument began when the security guard, Calvin Munerlyn, 43, told Sharmel Lashe Teague, 45, that customers needed to wear face masks in the store, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said at a news conference Monday. She yelled at him, spit on him and drove off, Leyton said. About 20 minutes later, her car returned to the store, and her husband and her son, Larry Edward Teague, 44, and Ramonyea Travon Bishop, 23, stepped out and confronted Munerlyn, according to investigators who spoke to witnesses in the store and reviewed surveillance video. Bishop pulled out a gun and shot Munerlyn, Leyton said.

Leyton said Munerlyn was doing his job, protecting others and enforcing a statewide executive order. In Michigan, people are required to wear face coverings in grocery stores. Stores can refuse service to anyone who isn’t wearing a mask.

“We simply can’t devolve into an ‘us versus them’ mentality,” he said. “We need to make a commitment as a community to do the things necessary to allow us to stay healthy and turn a page on this crisis together. Not for ourselves but for Calvin Munerlyn, who lost his life needlessly and senselessly.”

Michigan State Police arrested Sharmel Teague but are searching for the two men, Special 1st Lt. David Kaiser said.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/04/security-guards-death-might-have-been-because-he-wouldnt-let-woman-store-without-mask/

[SMC22307]

1. This is absolutely horrific. May Mr. Munerlyn RIP...

and his family find a way to heal. And fuck the animals that spit on him and later killed him.

[captain queeg]

2. Ass holes will cry like babies when they're caught

I’ll be really surprised if it goes to a shootout. These ass wipes won’t like it when someone is shooting back. I’m not making light of it. They deserve to rot in a Covid infected cell.

[Tipperary]

13. Did you read the op?

They have been arrested.

[IronLionZion]

17. Michigan State Police arrested Sharmel Teague but are searching for the two men

Michigan State Police arrested Sharmel Teague but are searching for the two men, Special 1st Lt. David Kaiser said.

[dmr]

18. They arrested the woman, but the police are searching for the two men.

Unless they've been caught since this article was written. I sure hope so.

[Tipperary]

25. They were caught.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. I'm Not Finding That

Google search shows a 22 hour old article saying still on the lam. No stories more recent.
Is this breaking news?

[dmr]

28. You're so sure, yet I checked 3 news reports that say the men are still at large.

Twice you've contradicted this piece of information. Please, it would be helpful to provide a credible source stating otherwise. Thanks.

[Tipperary]

34. No, I was mistaken. I saw they were charged and a friend

in Michigan told me they were arrested. My bad. I still do not think for a minute that these losers will engage in a “shootout “. Cowards like these two will be rounded up. They may wish they have masks when they get to a jail. Too bad for them.

[Marrah_Goodman]

3. So she ruined the lives of two families

All because she can't control her temper. No wonder her son grew up to be a murderer.

[Demovictory9]

4. omg...her son's life is over.

[jimlup]

5. More reason to be embarrassed to be from Michigan ....

sigh, this is horrible. Not that we are embarrassed, that is true, but the action. My God people, get a grip.

[certainot]

20. mich U and msu would be a good place to start fixing the state

In Michigan 2 universities broadcast sports on/support/endorse/attract advertisers for 18!!! fucking limbaugh radio stations —  Michigan St. 11, Michigan 7. That is all FREE Republican support. 

That's 18 Republican radio stations that headline Rush Limbaugh and have been lying about COVID being a Democratic hoax to sell socialist big government solutions, take our guns, destroy Trump's incredible presidency, and so on, and they all depend on 2 universities to keep broadcasting sports on them.

That's what these dumbshits are going off of. Whether direct listeners or not, the dumbshit Michigan protestors bet their grandmothers on the medical and scientific expertise of an ignorant, bitter, spittle-flecked liar. 

How can these universities continue to rent and lend their brands to radio stations that use those associations to attract advertisers to pay for free COVID denial and excuses for Trump? They’re also ramping up blaming Democratic governors and representatives.

And they are just 2 of 87+ universities supporting 260+ Limbaugh stations . They and the advertisers on those stations have co-responsibility for thousands of deaths and millions of jobs lost for helping Trump delay action.

Any major Michigan org or politician or someone like michael moore could get it started.

[MichMan]

31. Why do you assume that those three murderers were Limpball listeners ?

[certainot]

36. not them but many of the protestors are. the attitude and mindset for the

protestors is steeped in the verbal diahrea coming from RW radio/limbaaugh - that the threat is exaggerated to benefit dems vs trump

[MichMan]

38. Other than the fact that the murder of the guard had zero to do the the protest, you are correct

I see a huge difference between a protest that I don't agree with and a working man just doing his job being murdered in cold blood.

[certainot]

40. they murdered him in a dispute that began because the guard ordered her to

wear a mask if she wanted to shop there

true, her reluctance may have had nothing to do with the blaring front page local and national michigan news of very stupid whiny armed protestors

maybe she thought the guard was calling her ugly

[riversedge]

6. damn. so many lives lost or messed up.

[Doodley]

7. I would guess that if Trump and Pence always wore masks and said

how important masks are, this wouldn't have happened. The president should set the right example.

[Kaleva]

11. The woman may have been wearing a mask. Reports said the child wasn't though

Security guard said the daughter couldn't enter the store because she wasn't wearing a mask. The mother then got into an altercation with the security guard before leaving.

"A Family Dollar store security guard was fatally shot in Flint, Mich., on Friday after telling a customer her child had to wear a face mask to enter the store, the prosecutor’s office said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/04/security-guards-death-might-have-been-because-he-wouldnt-let-woman-store-without-mask/

[Tipperary]

15. Somehow I doubt these three pay a lot of attention to

what anyone in the government is doing.

[LonePirate]

8. What drives a person to such rage? Why are people so opposed to masks? I just don't get it.

[LeftInTX]

10. Because the woman was asked to leave the store

They lived in the high rise behind the Family Dollar, so she went and got her family involved.

Other people on DU says it's a high crime area.

This crime probably would have happened if she had shown up barefoot.

[Tipperary]

14. This. nt

[tblue37]

9. A GoFundMe is up for the family. The man's wife and 8 children are going to go through

financial hardship without their breadwinner:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/donations-for-duper?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

[Maraya1969]

12. $140,000 Donated so far. Good.

[tblue37]

16. Yes, but with funeral expenses and 8 kids (though 8 kids is too many these days), that

amount of money will go fast.

[MerryBlooms]

19. Family Dollar covering their butt and not supporting their murdered employee...

Family Dollar’s website says store employees may wear face coverings, but there’s no requirement listed for customers.

Either Family Dollar has a customer face mask policy or they don't. If the policy is left up to each store, they need to state it as such. Mr. Munerlyn lost his life enforcing what he believed to be Family Dollar policy. Family Dollar is about to be sued big time.

[tulipsandroses]

22. Family Dollar is as despicable as these murdering monsters

First - they should have offered to pay for his funeral so his family would not have to ask strangers.

[Kaleva]

24. Store was following Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive order

Which mandates the use of facemask.

"Under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's newest executive order, face coverings are now required in all public enclosed spaces, effective Sunday at midnight.

The state's definition of a face covering varies. It includes bandannas, handkerchiefs or scarves, according to the executive order released Friday. As long as the mask covers your nose and mouth, you're in the clear.

Michiganders are required to wear masks in public spaces when in close quarters with others, however fines will not be issued to those not wearing masks. Businesses can refuse service to people no adhering to the face-covering restriction."

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/24/michigan-face-mask-covering-required-stay-home-order/3019584001/

[LisaL]

32. Yea, the policy was not up to Family Dollar.

[struggle4progress]

21. "Try to protect anybody from COVID and we'll kill you!"

Here in America, we honor our crazy people by giving them guns or electing them to high office

[lostnfound]

23. Lead in the water

“Blood lead concentrations measured in more than 1,300 preschool children in China were associated with increased risk of behavioral and emotional problems, such as being anxious, depressed, or aggressive.“

I know these are “adults” but I wouldn’t rule it out as aggravating factor.

Documentary I just watched stunned me, average IQ drop down from 100 to 85. Disrupts basic neural pathways.
Emotions are delicate chemically.

[NutmegYankee]

35. There have been studies that hypothesized that the switch to unleaded gas

Was a factor in violence dropping worldwide. Hard to prove unfortunately.

[StarfishSaver]

27. These three must have gotten confused and thought they were white

White people pulling guns on law enforcement officers because they interfered with their "rights" are just "patriots standing their ground."

Black people who do it are criminals who should get locked up.

Actually, most people who do that are criminals who should get locked up, but, you know ...

[MichMan]

30. They went back to murder a security guard in cold blood because he "disrespected" one of them

I wish our state had the death penalty for crimes like what they did to that security guard who was just doing his job.

[StarfishSaver]

33. I think you may have missed my point

[cwydro]

37. Oh, I must've missed it.

Was there a murder committed during that protest?

[StarfishSaver]

41. You apparently missed something

[HarlanPepper]

29. Dollar stores: The 7th circle of hell

[MichMan]

39. Woman arraigned in killing of Flint Family Dollar security guard over coronavirus mask

"A Michigan woman was formally charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a store security guard who refused to allow her daughter inside because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.

Sharmel Teague, 45, was arraigned via video Tuesday in district court, according to the Genesee County prosecutor's office.
Teague, her husband, Larry Teague, 44; and her son, Ramonyea Bishop, 23, face first-degree premeditated murder charges in Friday's killing of Calvin Munerlyn, 43, at a Family Dollar near downtown Flint.

Larry Teague and Bishop have yet to be arrested and are believed to be on the run, prosecutor David Leyton said."


[link:https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/06/woman-arraigned-death-family-dollar-security-guard/5174144002/|