DETROIT – A 19-year-old has been taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder for a 2022 shooting that killed a 32-year-old man.
Darnell Jerome Franklin Jr. was arrested March 20, 2025, more than two years and three months after the shooting.
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According to authorities, Derrell Rockette was shot multiple times near the intersection of Ashton and Pickford avenues on Dec. 10, 2022. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died.
An investigation into the shooting resulted in Franklin’s arrest.
Franklin has been charged with first-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a concealed weapon with unlawful intent and two counts of felony firearm.
If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
