DETROIT – A teenager, one of at least three believed to be involved in the death of an Oakland County deputy, was arraigned on charges this week.
Karim Moore, an 18-year-old from Clinton Township, has been charged with lying to police and resisting arrest in connection with the shooting of Deputy Bradley Reckling. On Saturday, June 22, Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Reckling was shot while following a suspected stolen SUV in Detroit.
Officials said the SUV suddenly stopped and three suspects got out and fired multiple shots at Reckling. The deputy was taken to the hospital, where he died early Sunday morning.
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Reckling was undercover in Detroit, tracking the SUV that was stolen from Oakland County at the time shooting. Authorities believe Moore and two others were involved in the fatal shooting.
Moore hasn’t been charged for the shooting, but officials said more charges are possible as the investigation continues.
“[Moore] chose to, by his own accounts, after seeing police lights, ran from the vehicle -- ran with two others who were apparently involved -- ran three blocks away from the scene where the officer unfortunately expired,” Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Penney said in court.
Prosecutors say Moore admits he was in the car at the time of the shooting, but has been uncooperative otherwise.
Moore is one of three 18-year-olds being held in connection with Reckling’s death. Not long after the shooting, a tracking dog found all three of them on a porch “they didn’t belong on,” the prosecutor said. Authorities also found two guns and a pair of gloves.
It’s unknown what charges, if any, may be brought against the other two 18-year-olds. The two were already in trouble in Troy, though, and were out on bond on fleeing and eluding charges, and carrying concealed weapons charges.
Prosecutors have asked for a high cash bond for Moore.
“This is a man with a flight risk. He is in the thick of something that is very deep and very, very serious,” Penney said.
Moore’s attorney, Adam Clements, tried to argue for a low bond that would allow him out on a tether. The judge wouldn’t go for it.
Moore was given a $100,000 cash bond, no 10%, and if he came up with it, he would be tethered and confined to his home.
The two people who haven’t been formally charged will not be named unless they are arraigned. All three of the teenagers were being held at the Wayne County Jail.