Two men arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old

Deontae Mitchell’s body was found in a field on Detroit’s eastside on yesterday Thursday June 2nd, two days after he was abducted at gun point outside a grocery store.

Deontae and a cousin rode their bikes to the grocery store on the city’s eastside to buy chips and drinks, according to reports. Deontae’s cousin told police the teen had picked up money dropped by 45-year-old Gregory Walker, who was urinating against an exterior wall of the grocery store.

Surveillance video footage from the grocery store shows Walker, holding a nickel-plated revolver, grabbing Deontae by the arm and shove him into the rear passenger side of a black Chevy Impala.
The car was later found abandoned near I-94 on the eastside.

Two men arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old

After the video was aired repeatedly on the news, Walker was arrested without incident early Thursday in Toledo, Ohio. A female acquaintance who was with him was also taken into custody.
Hours later, police arrested Ernest Coleman as a suspect in the boy’s death.

A 3rd suspect, Roy Portis, 51, remains on the loose. He is described as a black male, 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds.

“This should be a message to all who perpetrate crimes against children: we’re going to continue in a very relentless way to find you and bring you into custody,” police chief James Craig said. “We’re talking about a defenseless child. An adult male with a gun. Once again, another coward preying on children that needs to stop.”