UPDATE @ 5:05 p.m. (April 4): A Cincinnati father of the 4-year-old boy hit by a car last week, accused of murder in the fatal shooting the driver, is in custody.
Jamail Killings surrendered to Cincinnati police on Tuesday at one of their district headquarters and has been taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center, according to a prepared statement from the police division.
Killings had been sought on charges of murder and felonious assault in the death of 44-year-old Jamie Urton on March 24.
UPDATE @ 8:50 p.m. (March 31)
The father of a 4-year-old boy who was hit by a car last week in Cincinnati is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of the driver who struck the boy.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Jamall Killings on suspicion of murder and felonious assault, our news partner WCPO-TV in Cincinnati reported.
Killings is accused of fatally shooting Jamie Urton March 24 in Walnut Hills after Urton struck Killings’ 4-year-old son with a car, a police affidavit shows. The boy recovered from his injuries.
Police previously named another man as a suspect in Urton’s death, Deonte Baber.
Police also released 911 calls that include a recording of someone saying he had killed the driver, but it’s not clear who was speaking in the recording.
In an interview March 25 with WCPO when the boy was released from the hospital, Killings said he didn't know what happened to Urton because he was concerned with getting his son medical attention.
FIRST REPORT (March 25)
A 44-year-old man was fatally shot Friday after he struck a 4-year-old boy with his car in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Walnut Hills.
The driver, identified as Jamie Urton, hit the boy around noon on Kenton Street when the boy crossed the street in front of Urton’s car. Urton got out of the car, when an altercation started between onlookers and the driver, our news partner WCPO-TV in Cincinnati reported.
When officers arrived, Urton was found with a gunshot wound. He died at a hospital, police said. Bullet holes could be seen in a vehicle towed from the scene, WCPO reported.
The 4-year-old’s injuries were not life-threatening.
No arrests have been made.
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