Jonathon Hoffman frantically told a 911 dispatcher he had been shot in the chest by his grandmother and was going to die. By the time officers arrived at the family’s upscale condo in a Detroit suburb, at least four more shots from a .40-caliber handgun had been pumped into the 17-year-old high school senior. Click below to read the rest of the story.
A West Bloomfield Township detective told a judge during Monday’s arraignment for 74-year-old Sandra Layne that eight entry and exit wounds were found in Hoffman’s body after the Friday afternoon shooting.
Layne has been charged with open murder and held without bond. She stood mute in court when the charge was read, and a not guilty plea was entered on her behalf. An open murder charge allows a jury to decide on whether a first- or second-degree charge applies after hearing evidence.
Hoffman had been attending an alternative high school in nearby Farmington and living with his maternal grandparents so he could complete his senior year while his divorced parents settled in Arizona, according to his father, Michael Hoffman of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Layne’s attorneys have said there were problems at the condo, and Layne was afraid of her grandson. One of her attorneys, Mitchell Ribitwer, told reporters Monday that drugs and drug paraphernalia apparently belonging to the teen were found at the condo after Hoffman was killed.
Michael Hoffman said that regardless of his son’s behavior, the teen was unarmed and didn’t deserve to be shot to death.
Detective Brad Boulet testified about Hoffman’s 911 call and said when officers arrived at the condo, Layne was inside, behind a screened door.
