{"id":2338239,"date":"2024-09-07T12:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newlywed-couple-charged-in-death-of-groomsman-on-their-wedding-day\/"},"modified":"2024-09-07T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T16:32:16","slug":"newlywed-couple-charged-in-death-of-groomsman-on-their-wedding-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newlywed-couple-charged-in-death-of-groomsman-on-their-wedding-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Newlywed Couple Charged in Death of Groomsman on Their Wedding Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewlywed-couple-charged-in-death-of-groomsman-on-their-wedding-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2338239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Michigan man, James Shirah, has been charged \u200cwith second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">-degree murder<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-staying-in-safe-house-after-numerous-threats-attorney-says\/\" title=\"Kyle Rittenhouse Staying In \u2018Safe House\u2019 After \u2018Numerous Threats,\u2019 Attorney Says\">allegedly killing<\/a> a groomsman, Terry Lewis Taylor Jr., on his own wedding \u2064day. The incident occurred on August 30 when Flint police responded to \u2062reports of a man being hit by a vehicle. \u200bTaylor, 29, had been involved in an argument after the wedding festivities before being struck by a large SUV that \u2062was reportedly traveling at high speed. \u2062Along with Shirah, the bride, Savahna Collier, has been charged \u2062as an accessory \u2062after\u200b the fact,\u2063 with a bail set at $4,000.\u2062 Prosecutor David Leyton indicated that alcohol consumption may have played a role\u200b in the\u200d altercation leading to the tragedy. Both Shirah and Collier\u2064 initially went missing following the incident but later surrendered to police. The event has raised concerns and dialogue about the\u200b dangers of taking the law into one\u2019s \u2062own hands, \u200cparticularly after celebrations such as weddings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Michigan man has been charged with killing a groomsman in an incident that happened on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-reveals-chilling-details\/\" title=\"New report on Trump assassination attempt reveals &#039;chilling&#039; details\">suspect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s wedding day.<\/p>\n<p>James Shirah, 22, has been charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-arrested-murder-stopping-mass-shooting-gun-non-stand-ground-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second-degree murder<\/a> and is held without bond, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/midmichigannow.com\/news\/local\/groom-charged-with-second-degree-murder-after-hitting-groomsman-with-suv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEYI-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Flint police posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flintpolicedept\/posts\/919164220247959?ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> that on Friday, August 30, they responded to a report of a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pastor-wife-murdered-one-week-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit by a vehicle<\/a>. Terry Lewis Taylor Jr., 29, was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The post said Taylor had been a groomsman at a wedding, but was involved in an argument after the wedding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">James Shirah was charged with second-degree murder and was denied bond. The bride was charged as an accessory. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKJPCmrpOp\">https:\/\/t.co\/AKJPCmrpOp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Local4News\/status\/1831780618230722667?\">September 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Taylor was struck by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/6-year-old-girl-dies-tragic-golf-course-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large SUV<\/a> police said was &ldquo;travelling at a high rate of speed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The groom was not the only person charged. The bride, 21-year-old Savahna Collier was charged as an accessory after the fact to a felony with bail set at $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess the wedding day was happy up until that point,&rdquo; said Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/news\/crime\/bride-groom-charged-after-allegedly-run-over-groomsman\/article_85e5f4e6-6bca-11ef-9148-cb9ce4fb1ea9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WJRT-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leyton said he believed that consumption of alcohol was related to the events that followed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a terrible series of events. You can&rsquo;t take the law into your own hands. That&rsquo;s apparently what happened here,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Leyton said the bride and groom were out of contact immediately after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They disappeared, they eventually do turn themselves in, they don&rsquo;t produce the car, they don&rsquo;t produce the cell phones,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We feel that they had certainly discussed what they were going to tell the police,&rdquo; &nbsp;Leyton said.<\/p>\n<p>Leyton said the bride and groom turned themselves in to police the day after the incident , making it &ldquo;more difficult to unravel what happened,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/michigan-newlyweds-charged-groom-allegedly-runs-down-groomsman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leyton said the wedding took place at a pizzeria, but the argument happened later at a house where a celebration of the wedding was underway.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything quite like this,&rdquo; Leyton said,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen people running over other people but not so soon after a wedding,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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James Shirah, 22, faces second-degree murder charges and is currently being held without bail, as reported by WEYI-TV. According to a Facebook post from Flint police, they responded to an incident on Friday, August 30, where a man had been struck by a vehicle. The victim, Terry Lewis Taylor Jr., 29, was later declared dead at a local hospital. The police stated that Taylor was serving as a groomsman at the wedding but got into an argument afterward. In addition to Shirah&#8217;s charges, the bride\u201421-year-old Savahna Collier\u2014has also been charged as an accessory after the fact to a felony with her bail set at $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton commented that the wedding day had started off well until this incident occurred and suggested that alcohol consumption may have played a role in what transpired afterward. He emphasized that taking matters into one&#8217;s own hands is unacceptable and noted that both Shirah and Collier were unresponsive immediately following the event; they eventually turned themselves in but did not provide their vehicle or cell phones to authorities. Leyton mentioned that discussions likely took place between them regarding how to address law enforcement about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The altercation reportedly began after celebrations continued at another location following their wedding ceremony held at a pizzeria. Leyton expressed his disbelief over such events occurring so soon after nuptials: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen anything quite like this,&#8221; he remarked about witnessing someone being run over shortly after their wedding day festivities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2338240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture-2024-09-07T101712.842.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7204,40368,40367,40370,40369],"class_list":["post-2338239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crime","tag-groomsman","tag-newlyweds","tag-tragic","tag-wedding-day"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture-2024-09-07T101712.842.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}