RIVERSIDE — UPDATED @ 7 p.m.: The mother of the woman Jamar Hayes is accused of killing on Mother’s Day when he shot her as she rode in a car on U.S. 35 said she forgives him but wants him to be held accountable for what he’s accused of doing.
“I believe that he should be held accountable for what he’s done and the decisions that he made, but I want to look him face-to-face one day and tell him that he did take the best thing that I ever did in my life away from me, but that I forgive him,” Stacy Cameron told News Center 7′s Haley Kosik.
“It’s been agonizing knowing that the person that took my daughter away from this Earth was just out living his life,” Cameron said, referring to daughter Shauna Cameron.
“That was my best friend. I had her when I was 17. We kind of grew up together and she was making strides to improve her life,” Mother Cameron said, noting her daughter was in school and intended to become a nurse.
Riverside police Maj. Matthew Sturgeon confirmed that Hayes, 26, was taken into custody on East Maplewood Avenue by Riverside officers and U.S. Marshals late Thursday morning. Hayes is now in the Montgomery County Jail.
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Riverside police previously told News Center 7 that Shauna Cameron was a passenger in an Impala on May 8 when at least two shots were fired at it from a vehicle headed east on U.S. 35. Cameron was hit by the gunfire and was taken to Miami Valley Hospital where she died.
Surveillance video, obtained by a Riverside business, shows a car believed to be Hayes’ girlfriend’s was in the area of the shooting when it happened, according to investigators.
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Police presented their evidence in late May and the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office approved the following charges:
- 2 counts of murder
- 2 counts of felonious assault
- 1 count of discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises
Online jail records show that in addition to the approved charges, Hayes is being detained on single counts of obstructing official business and failure to comply with the signal or order of a police officer. Online jail records also show bond has been set at $25,000.
Hayes is to be in court Oct. 14 for his initial appearance.
“I’m kind of looking forward to going to court and hearing what really happened,” Stacy Cameron told Kosik. “Anybody innocent on that highway could have been shot and killed that day.”
We will continue to update this story as we learn more.
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