A Saginaw man is convicted of second-degree murder after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting his brother-in-law, Henry J. Ford, outside Hoyt Library. The incident occurred on September 10, 2024, when Derrick J. Grant, 38, confronted Ford, who was on the phone with his wife. Surveillance footage revealed Grant aggressively approached Ford before shooting him multiple times, despite Grant’s assertion that he acted in self-defense.
Jurors deliberated for just over an hour before rejecting Grant’s defense, indicating they believed the shooting was a spontaneous act rather than a premeditated attack. Grant claimed to have been fearful for his life following a dispute over a missing firearm but did not have evidence to support his claims. As Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson prepares for sentencing on December 15, the incident contributes to a troubling rise in local gun violence, with Ford’s death marking one of the 23 homicides that occurred in Saginaw that year.
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