Police make third arrest in homicide
Suspect extradited from Chicago, accused in Campus Habitat shooting
A third suspect was arrested in the April death of a 21-year-old man in a Campus Habitat apartment.
The suspect fled the state shortly after the shooting, said Isabella County Prosecutor Dave Barberi, and was caught in Chicago. He was extradited from Chicago and was expected to arrive at the jail sometime Tuesday evening with arraignment expected today.
Miykael Norfleat, 20, of Chicago, and Justin Collins, 22, of Mt. Pleasant, have been charged in the shooting death of Raven Tre-von Edelen, 21, of Wyoming (Mich.), in the evening of April 20. Both were charged with open murder, firstdegree home invasion and felony firearm. Norfleat was additionally charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
That night, Norfleat is accused of bursting into an apartment in the 500 block of Edgewood Drive, while Edelen, who also went by Ray Nori, was playing videogames with friends in the living room.
Edelen was shot while he wrestled with Norfleat. Two witnesses in the apartment escaped through the window, where one of them saw Collins.
When Mt. Pleasant police officers arrived at the
apartment, Edelen was already dead, according to the criminal affidavit.
The third man was connected to a red car used for Norfleat and Collins to leave the scene, Barberi said. The car was videoed at Apartment M-5 at Deerfield Village Apartments, 3400 Deerfield Road, shortly before and shortly after the shooting. One of the witnesses also told police that he saw Norfleat and Collins get in to the car, which the third suspect is believed to have driven away.
During a search of that apartment, police recovered a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol, the serial number for which was scratched off. It was later discovered to have been stolen from Hamtramck.
According to the affidavit, Norfleat was believed to have shot Edelen over a spat involving Collins’ girlfriend.