Dashawn Bethea, 24, shot at a group of people on the 400 block of Stuyvesant Avenue on June 9, 2013, but missed his intended targets.
A judge today maintained bail at more than $1 million for a Trenton man accused of killing an innocent bystander and wounding his own father last year.
Dashawn Bethea, 24, shot at a group of people on the 400 block of Stuyvesant Avenue on June 9, 2013, but missed his intended targets and struck 61-year-old Berkely Walter McDaniel in the head, Assistant Prosecutor Lew Korngut said.
Two of his intended targets told police they knew Bethea meant to shoot them, Korngut said. A third man told police Bethea admitted to him that the death of McDaniel was an accident, Korngut said.
“There’s a strong case against him, two witnesses and he admitted to a third witness,” Korngut said.
McDaniel was walking home with Charles Boston, 51, who was shot in the shoulder. Bethea’s attorney Kathleen Redpath-Perez said that Bethea would never shoot in the direction of Boston, who was his father.
“He denies the allegations against him. Charles Boston is actually his father, and he would have no motive,” Redpath-Perez said.
Bethea is charged with murder and attempted murder, and has pending cases involving several weapons offenses.
“He has a number of gun offenses, which is rather disturbing,” Korngut said.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Brown maintained Bethea’s bail for the murder charge at $1 million cash only, and upheld bail for his other charges at $100,000 cash only.
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