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Baby shower spat led to shooting that killed infant, grandmother says
Detroit — A fight over a seat at a baby shower triggered the slaying of a 9-month-old boy, according to the victim's grandmother.
Delric Miller IV was killed Monday while he slept on the couch in his home in the 8400 block of Greenview Avenue. Police said someone opened fire at the house with an AK-47-type assault rifle at about 4:30 a.m., leaving behind 37 shells. One of the rounds struck the baby, who was pronounced dead on arrival at Sinai-Grace Hospital.
Delric's grandmother, Cynthia Wilkins, said she believes the shooting was retaliation for a skirmish Sunday at a baby shower at the Club Celebrity on Plymouth Road in Detroit. The fight was over seating, she said.
"The shower was overbooked, and there was an argument because there weren't enough seats," said Wilkins. Her daughter, Diamond Salter, attended the shower, which was thrown by a friend, Wilkins said.
"A woman got mad because she couldn't find a seat, so she started knocking tables down and it escalated from there," Wilkins said. "My daughter and her friends left the club, but (a group of men and women) followed them to a gas station, and there was a fight with one of the guys who was at the shower with my daughter. Then, they followed them to the house.
"I think they came back the next day and shot up the house," said Wilkins, who sobbed as she recounted the week's events. "They went to the shower to celebrate life; instead, a life was destroyed."
