As the police would later determine, Mr. Wamah was killed by the man who had burst in the door.
Arrested soon after, Mr. Carriker, 40, was charged with murder and other offenses and is now being held without bond.
But she insisted that even if police had shown up to the right address on July 2, Mr. Wamah would likely have already been dead.
Though investigators have since obtained video footage of the shooter entering Mr. Wamah’s house, the man in the video was masked, officials said.
They were able to tie Mr. Wamah’s killing to Mr. Carriker by matching the shell casings at the scene to the gun Mr. Carriker was carrying when he was arrested on July 3.
Persons:
Wamah, Kimbrady Carriker, Carriker, Danielle M, Wamah’s