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street over look up at the street [Music] lights it has been almost 5 months since
the shooting death of Kane corado he was shot on his bike on November 1st on Indian mounds Drive in Wyoming tonight
police are now sharing a sketch of a person of interest in his death 13 on your sides mik AO is live from where it
happened with reaction from his family and the new information from police Micah good afternoon it was this exact
spot where C Coronado was killed back in November and all that's left here now is
this small memorial this crossed here and their his families continued Hunt For answers now investigators with the
Wyoming Department of Public Safety describ this person they're looking for is a 30-year-old male with a light with
a thin light or Gray beard and may have been wearing a beanie or stocking cap police may have been say he may have
been driving an older style gray four-door car as well Coronado's Grandma Tanya Ferguson spoke with us this
afternoon about the subex description coming out today Ferguson said that while they're glad there's now a
description she's wondering why it took almost 5 months for it to come out nonetheless every day she and her family
still hope they can find Justice for a grand son I want Justice for kanaine I want
Justice for my grandson you whoever you are took him and for what reason there was there
is no reason Kane was shot at around 3:00 in the afternoon here off of Indian Mountain's drive so the suspect would
have been leaving this area around that time and if you have any information on the murder of Kan Coronado or the
suspect that you saw earlier uh this afternoon you're asked to call the Wyoming Department of Public Safety or
Sim Observer look up at the street lights rning on over over look up at the street
light running all over over well Captain we've got to go back to Tuesday November 1st
2022 this is to Wyoming not the state but the city of Wyoming this is Wyoming Michigan police were called to the 2200
block of Indian mounds Drive Southwest this was at 2:50 in the afternoon police are responding to a
report of a shooting the shooting victim was 18-year-old Kane cornado who was shot in the neck this youngster Kane was
an avid bike rider and a rather skilled bike rider at that Wyoming police were on the scene quickly they would later
tell members of the media that Cain was alone at the time of the shooting a nice
person a good Samaritan stepped in and was the first to give Kane CPR but unfortunately Cain would not survive the
gunshot Captain it sounds like multiple shots were fired with only one hitting this young man but one was enough and
very sadly on the afternoon of November 1st 2022 yet another Community lost another one of its young people due to
gun violence well let's dive into some of the details of the actual crime what we do know is he was out riding his bike
when he was shot so sadly Kane died lying beside his beloved bike on Indian mounds Drive in Wyoming Michigan K
cornado is remembered as an 18-year-old who was just learning to find his way in
this big world a Young Man Who Loved his friends and his bicycle it sounds to me
Captain like Kane was having some trouble with home life and family life in his teenage years yeah and at the age
of 18 when he was 17 he was kind of couch surfing he did live with his grandmother for a while and she's done
some interviews on this case with the local news her name is Tanya Ferguson and police are still looking for whoever
did this this this seems to be not a targeted murder but more of a random murder right one thing that I I believe
would have been difficult for police in this investigation is given his can's Social
Circle in his family life so he did not have a traditional family life or experience and I don't know the details
of that or why but when he was 18 he was no longer living with his family he did
stay close with his grandmother we know that and he was very close with one of his cousins uh he was living with some
friends that were a little bit older I believe a husband and wife that were four or five years older than Cain and
Kan had got a job he dropped out of high school but he got a job as a dishwasher
he was you know actually collecting a weekly check at this point and he was a member of this this group so this group
was called the big Rippers 616 so Kane and his fellow bike riding friends belong to a group called Big rippers
616 shortly after the murder that group held a memorial ride for cane that they ran from downtown Grand Rapids Michigan
to Wyoming Michigan which is very nearby right so this is all taking place on the
west side of the state of Michigan and the area where he was shot is called Millennium Park if you look up some news
news articles online and there's several good ones out there on this case some of
them will show you exactly where Cain was found and it's believed that he was where he was found is where he the
attack took place and the strange thing about this is police would tell us later
that they are looking for a suspect that they have at least one witness who saw the shooter and saw the shooter's
vehicle and so we have a a suspect description and a vehicle description but the strange thing and I was trying
to get in touch with some local people there because I'm not familiar with this area but every map that I look at and
the description that's provided about this Millennium Park he's riding a bike where people would ride bikes where
people would walk where people would walk their dogs right he so he wasn't riding on the road he's
in a park he crosses paths somehow with a motorist right and there's a chance that when their paths
cross that the motorist is driving in an area where where there's no cars where there's no traffic where cars should not
be and and very strange yeah and this is one detail that I wish that we knew and
of course when we go through these cases there's a reason why they are unsolved and there's a lot of blanks to be filled
in somebody obviously was very angry with Kane whether the person knew Cain or not it seems to be that police think
that the the shooter did not know the victim and the victim did not know the shooter and so something took place
while he was out riding his bike that day did it did their first interaction take place and then he's gunned down
right then and there or or did they cross path as prior can we go over the eyewitness accounts of the event the the
crazy thing here Captain is we know that police say that they were interviewing and and talking to Witnesses plural at
the scene which would make sense this is this is a murder that took place in broad daylight and the victim shot the
call comes in at 2:50 in the afternoon so the victim shot prior to that that Samaritan is attempting to save his life
performing CPR on Cane we know that police were interviewing Witnesses plural one thing that I would like some
clarification on is later when we get the description of the shooter that description is
usually prefaced by saying a a witness Saul and then it gives the description so I wanted to know how many people saw
this this vehicle and saw the this shooter and do we have do we have a mixed bag do we have several people that
saw the vehicle but not the shooter and so unfortunately as we said Kane's out riding he he's writing this
26inch bike it's most of the pictures that I've seen of him he's riding what I would describe as a a mountain bike you
know a larger bike he was known as the one of the nicknames that this group gave him was the wheelie king of Grand
Rapids that was my nickname in high school I wish that was my nickname in high school the wheelie King they show a
lot of pictures of him online where he is he's riding a wheelie front wheel in the air back wheel on the asphalt and
he's and he and doing it comfortably so they called him the wheelie king of Grand Rapids and one person uh Matthew
Wayne Crawford who was was a friend and a member of this biking group he said uh
quote Caine could wheelie further than anyone in Grand Rapids and that's a fact well I'd like to take him up on a
challenge the only problem is my wheelies were done on roller blades Kane didn't have a driver's license but he
didn't just ride for necessity he rode for fun as we said he was a member of this group so he's out riding that day
like anyone would expect him to what transpires after that in that short period of time don't know exactly but
what we are told is police are saying we are looking for one anyone that was in this Millennium Park area between the
hours of 2 and 300 p.m. on November 1st 2022 so this is still a relatively fresh
case you know this is not even two years old at this point with us having this conversation and so we're looking for
one anyone that was in the area between the hours of 2 and 300 p.m. on November 1st 2022 they're also looking for the
person that's described as a shooter so as far as an autopsy and a lot of that information goes there's not a lot to
discuss here unfortunately he was shot in the neck and died on the scene and he was
unable to tell the person performing CPR or First Responders or police when they
arrived on the scene very quickly who shot the description we get of the crime and of of the
shooting It's Des described as you know I heard several shots is what one of the
earwitnesses is telling police I heard several shots I don't know how many shots exactly were fired unfortunately
we do know that one hit this young man in the neck and that is what killed him I don't know Captain if the the ear
witness is the same as the eyewitness who spotted the suspect but I would like to talk about this suspect here because
this is something that police and the the Wyoming Michigan Police Department would want discussed this is something
that we need to crowdsource and I know that they've attempted to crowdsource this locally I would imagine that
they've received some tips over time here but with this case one thing that I found odd is the description is not
available to the public in the early stages of the investigation that is wonky donkey that doesn't make any sense
well and I have I have to believe that there's likely good reason for that that's what makes me suspect that maybe
there's more than one eyewitness one would hope but but I think you're spoton if there's multiple
eyewitnesses and one witness is saying well I saw a younger man or I saw a older man go back to the deli case right
we have a sketch of one man and then years later we have a sketch of a younger man so okay so maybe it is a
little wonky donkey but if I'm law enforcement and I have multiple depictions of this person and
they're not lining up and we know I would surmise that these eyewitnesses aren't
lying to law enforcement but again I was a banker before I was a account as a banker and they did test after test
after test four people could get robbed and they have four different descriptions of the robber it's just
human nature especially in such a dramatic situation well what we did get in the early stages of the investigation
was a vehicle description so police were looking for a vehicle that has been described as a gray or silver
fordor Chevrolet Cavalier 2000 to 2005 model also known as the buttface mobile because whoever shot him is a buttface
well one thing that I'm curious about here Captain I'll call you George Gray or silver fordor Chevrolet cavaliere
2000 to 2005 model that is rather descriptive to to go to make and model and narrow it down to a few years we've
seen this other cases typically what happens here is you go from getting a description of the vehicle from
eyewitnesses to then showing them here's a 2001 Chevy Cavalier fordor did it look
like this right here's a you you show them pictures of multiple vehicles and which one did it look like unless
somebody specifically told them it's a Chevy Cavalier how did you know it was a Chevy cavaliere well I've seen a
thousand of them or I used to own one right um I believe somebody that used to own one
I mean it's hard it's hard to even admit if you own a Chev Chevy Cavalier well the other part of that is
some of the news that's that's come out looking for the suspect has a slightly different description so again described
as a gray or silver four-door Chevy Cavalier but but they say in those other descriptions that it was a gray or
silver four-door vehicle likely or similar to a Chevy Cavalier 2000 to 2005 model year it's tough though too because
cars especially a Chevy Cavalier which was so popular and if anybody's butt hurt guess what the captain owned and
drove a Chevy Cavalier so it's very Cavalier of you is very Cavalier of me to say but but they change their models
often so it's like some times when they come out with a new model it looks more like a a Malibu or or or whatever well
and I wanted to be clear in in that statement because if this information should hit somebody's earballs and they
think that they have some relevant information right to provide to police don't dismiss somebody as being a good
suspect just because they drove a gray or silver four-door vehicle that was not a Chevy Cavalier right do could have
been a for escort yes do know that some of the some of the call for Action here some of those calls to action are saying
that it was similar to a Chevy Cavalier or could have been a Chevy Cavalier so don't dismiss somebody just because it's
not that exact make and model later what we get is oh hold on one second just to
repeat this over and over if you saw something say something if you have any information at all say something what's
the worst thing that could happen they take the report and they don't use the information it's it's better and and
look a lot of people that witness crimes years down the line they'll feel guilty and go well I need to tell police
well if it's 10 years down the line or 15 years down the line the details become more and more blurry so if you
saw something say something the other thing too here Captain is this case reminds me of one that we covered not
too long ago and I don't want to go into the specifics of that case and you know
why uh we don't need to inform all the listeners on everything but in that case it seemed like a random shooting that
one took place in the middle of the night similar situation except for our victim was not alone and we did have a
witness in that case it was just simply an earwitness so that case we had very little information and it seemed like a
stranger on Stranger crime that their paths just happened to cross in the middle of the night somebody pulls out a
gun and shoots the other person victim dies and in that case I to be honest with you while we when we covered it and
US delivering the information to all the beautiful listeners out there I was giving the tone of being hopeful that
the case would be solved while on the inside feeling like it was such a random crime and that that I didn't see the
likelihood of it being solved you and I now know that it has been solved that they've definitively linked that to a
very good suspect in that case to the point where police will be willing at some point to
say such and such person committed this murder this case reminds me of that one because I sit here and I go man this
how difficult can this be for detectives you you arrive on the scene you have a victim who you have to spend days now
making sure that this wasn't a target attack a targeted attack you have to spend days making sure that Kane didn't
upset somebody or aggravate somebody in his Social Circle or even in his family to the point that they track him down
find him on the street and and gun him down what we do have is police telling us today and actually within weeks of
that of the their investigation they are saying we've ruled that out we've ruled
out the possibility of of him being targeted we couldn't find anything or any evidence to suggest that somebody
would want to take revenge on Caine so now what we're looking for what we're left with is this vehicle description
and the description of the suspect so the suspect is described and Captain you'll know what I'm talking about
because we've looked at this case now for a couple days I'm a little surprised at the how brief the description is of
this suspect when the composite sketch of the suspect is so detailed right so the brevity of the uh description of
this person seems odd to me so here's the the description a witness to described the
suspect as a 30-year-old white man anybody that's seen the composite sketch will I think will agree with me that if
this man is 30 it's been a rough 30 years for this person yeah a 30-year-old white male he had a thin light gray
colored beard and was wearing a beanie or stocking cap the witness also recalled the suspect having a thin build
and wearing scruffy clo clothes so scruffy clothes is one thing the the the image of this person is Scruffy from
head to toe from the tip top of that beanie cap to to this suspect's toes his his face is disheveled to say the the
least yeah when you see the picture and you you hear this this description my thought was does this individual live in
their car the other thing here Captain that's interesting they say scruffy clothes
scruffy beard too this beard is it's a disgrace to beards yeah he's a beardo weirdo but or weirdo beardo what we have
is this very detailed composite sketch we have the description of the vehicle that was seen in the area at the time
and they're connecting these things saying that this is what's going to help us find the shooter help us find the
killer right what I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around is if somebody got this detailed of a look of this
suspect how do we not have a little bit better of a description of the vehicle or even some type of license plate
information did this car not have plates on it right or in some states they only
have to have plates on the back did they only see the car from the front exactly
there's there's a little bit of information that's missing here and I'm hoping that police and detectives are
not holding back anything that could help provide additional information to the public that could get them the right
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mates cheers to you Colonel cheers to you captain and cheers to everybody out there all the beautiful listeners yeah
and the Beautiful listeners are the ones that we are talking to and police are doing the right thing here Captain they
are keeping the story in the media they're keeping the description of the suspect the suspect vehicle in the media
because they know what is going to solve this case what is going to lead detectives to their suspect is you The
Listener you the viewer out there that will see something and say something like the captain and I are requesting so
we are reaching out and addressing those of you up in the great state of Michigan
especially the West part of the state take the time to go to our social media take the time to google k Coronado's
name and look at the suspect description look at the composit sketch of the suspect and look at the vehicle so they
they even provided stock footage or stock photo of a similar type vehicle so for those of you that can't close your
eyes and and create an image in your mind of a of a Chevy Cavalier of those years or if you need a bit of a
refresher they have that information available for your eyeballs on the internet and that's what we are hoping
to do here this week this is a case that is near and dear to the hearts of the people of this community this was a
young man 18 years old he's doing what what any of us would want to do on a nice day right hop on a bike and take a
nice enjoyable bike ride down to the park area this Millennium Park where he was shot he's Kane unfortunately was
found shot near this park and it appears to me I don't know Captain was he making
his way to the park or or coming from the park if we believe and I do believe captain that this could be a road rage
type situation if that in fact is the truth then my guess would be that he was heading toward the park because the park
itself while I've never been there is described as the largest urban park in West Michigan so not just in this
general area the largest urban park in the west half of the state it's located on the southwest side of Grand Rapids
remember gr Grand Rapids is very near Wyoming Michigan the city where this unfortunate event took place and the
Millennium Park connects four of the major cities in the area Al together including Grand Rapids Wyoming Granville
and Walker so this park is rather large once you when you see on the map where he was shot where he was found I think
it will be obvious to most that he was probably making his way toward that park because he very likely would not have
encountered any cars while in the park and I I apologize for not giving a better description but
the way that it looks to me and the way that it's laid out does not suggest that
there would be cars driving around in this park yeah can a hunch of mine is possibly somebody sleeping in their car
in a park or living out of their car in a park yes but he would have been coming if he was
heading toward the park he would have been coming off of a busy road right and so part of me wonders if he if that's
where he encountered the shooter right maybe it's a road rage situation where maybe he was riding his bike or cut off
a car or something happen and the the driver got pissed off and decided Well I'm going to show him yeah so on that
path there Captain there there should not be vehicles on the path he's not on the actual path it he's making his way
toward that path but this the location where this went down and again we have the ear witness who is saying I heard
several shots and then we know that the Good Samaritan then found the victim attempts
to PO perform CPR tries to save the life of this young man and at this spot the the media the
local news teams did some Gang Busters work on this case because one thing they tell us and one thing they discovered
immediately when they went to the area to report the story and they started talking to people there it was quickly
pointed out to the media that look you see this sign this sign says do not enter this is this spot is one way but
the people that frequented this area they start telling the media look we think that and I think they're saying
this jokingly but they're like we think that some people think that this sign is
just a suggestion because cars are frequently coming into this do not enter area right now we've all been out
driving and encountered a situation where it's not obvious if you missed the sign in certain locations it's it's not
obvious that you're not supposed to drive into that area so that to me paints a bit of a picture of maybe how
this went down we have an avid bike rider this dude Kane loved his bike he loved being a part of this bicycle group
of this he the wheelie King the wheelie king of Grand Rapids there is none higher you can see this picture he's out
riding his bike going toward this Millennium Park which would be a desired location for one to go and ride their
bike this vehicle this older model vehicle 2000 to 2005 possible Chevy Cavalier enters going the wrong way a do
not enter section MH of the road was there a did did he did he hit the young man on his bike was there
close to a near miss and then some words exchange and now we have a road raid situation where this guy this man again
described as as 30 years old male white scruffy looking very ugly beard wearing in a
beanie cap gets out pulls the gun fires some shots to in the direction of this young man one of them hitting him he
gets in the vehicle and flees the area yeah Captain buttface unfortunately we don't get a witness that can give us a
license plate yeah Captain buttface and the buttface mobile back in the day the captain it might surprise you but I used
to babysit often and I had a scenario where we rode our bikes to the park it was just me I think it was in Middle
school at the time and he was very proficient at riding bikes he could do wheelies he could jump things he could
do tricks and so he wanted to ride his bike and I'm like well your parents don't want me to let you ride your bike
by yourself so I'll go with you now I'm riding a bike with him and we went to cross it was a little bit of a busier
road but we went to cross there was no cars that we could see so we started Crossing and a car drove by thought that
we weren't Crossing I guess the road fast enough and and honked at us mhm the kid I was babysitting then flips the
bird we are probably five six blocks from his house by the time we get back to his house the car had turned around
and was then sitting in his driveway two grown men now want to fight a kid in in
high school babysitting a kid in Middle School just because they honk their horn
and a kid in Middle School flipped them off mhm that's what I see happening I'm not saying that he flipped him the bird
or anything but I'm just saying I think there was some kind of Confrontation and
maybe and call me Captain Obvious but maybe he was when this confrontation happened maybe it happened on a busier
section and he was trying to get to the park knowing that Vehicles can't come here yeah does that make any sense a
general description again we've not been to this area so it's it's difficult for
us to wrap our heads around some of this but this Indian mounds Drive Southwest is across the Grand River from
this very large Millennium Park and the park is so large that it's difficult to ascertain where the park starts and
stops right what what is this Indian mounds Drive part of the park because when you look at it on a map it that
would seem to make some sense but I'm with you I I think that this look road rage is a real thing unfortunately and
it's caused some people to do some horrible things to one another over the years and I think I don't think that
it's coincidence that the media is reporting hey when we went to this area and started talking to people the thing that
was pointed out to us is these cars that regularly enter the wrong way or we have cars
where there they should not be where people are out doing recreational type activities they're walking their dogs
they're they're skating they're biking most people are not going to react kindly to to a vehicle speeding by and
almost hitting them or hitting their dog yeah so you're saying it's a it's a it's
a situation where a car goes into a a place they're not supposed to be and then maybe and that moment he reacts hey
buttface you're not supposed to be driving your car here and then dude pulls a gun and and now we know the rest
of the story but so that Grand River is so close to this street when police get to the scene they're not just
interviewing anybody that they can find on the road or people out doing those recreational types of activities right
they also get in a boat and they are out looking for people in boats that could have possibly heard
something or saw something as well so they were out actively taking statements from anybody that they could find in
this area and then again doing the right thing by crowdsourcing by reaching out to the general public in the community
and saying we need information from you we've interviewed everybody in the area that we could find there that day at
that time we need other people were you in the park that day were you driving by
and maybe saw something important maybe somehow you ended up behind this vehicle
on the road you have a highway there 196 maybe ended up on the road behind this individual in this this vehicle again to
be clear they are comparing the vehicle some some articles say Chevy cavaliere 20 2000 to 2005 other articles are
saying that it's comparable to or could be a Chevy cavaliere some additional information here on the suspect Captain
is one again one thing that was difficult for me to understand is it appears that this eyewitness gave a very
detailed description even though we get a brief description wordwise the the this com the composite sketch is very
detailed now one other news Outlet is stating that the suspect appears to be 30 years of age approximately with a
medium build and witness is or a witness said that he had a thin scruffy beard with concaved cheeks or concave
cheeks and all this will be very obvious once you see the the composite sketch and again we'll have that information
for you on our social media yeah I will post a picture of the composite sketch on Twitter Instagram and Facebook please
share cuz somebody out there might go hey that's my uncle that's my uncle buttface well and every week you know we
thank you and we we thank you for listening and we thank you for telling a friend even if you don't share this
episode with a friend share the composite sketch of the suspect and share the description of the vehicle
with somebody or on your social media as well right we always look at crime Trends in the area when we're looking at
these cases because we want to know what's going on is there is there something a bigger thing going on in
this area that could give us some insights into who we might be looking for so I found this bit of information
from a source called M live and they're discussing the gun assaults and gun violence increasing in this in this
exact area around this exact time and I'll read you the report that I found it's short here Captain it states that
from 2020 the years 2020 through 2022 those were the deadliest years in Grand Rapids has seen with a 72%
increase in gun assaults now this article is from 2023 so I don't know if that increase continued Beyond 2022 but
unfortunately C cornado was killed November 1st 2022 72% increase in gun assaults in the
Grand Rapids area the greater Grand Rapids area goes on to say additionally Grand Rapids recorded around 23 homicide
cases in the year of 2022 making it the second deadliest year in the last five years with half of the cases according
to M live being preventable and I'm guessing law enforcement are telling mli half of these cases 23 homicides
were preventable wow this is another article from late last year it actually came out December 27th 2023 this is from
woodtv.com I believe that they're at of Grand Rapids Michigan here Captain they are stating West Michigan's Chief
Federal prosecutor says the Region's urban areas continue to see a rise in violent crime in a wide ranging
interview with News 8 the us attorney for the Western District of Michigan highlighted several
concerning crime trends that have taken lives in the year of 2023 they citing illegal guns getting
into the wrong hands is partly driving the surge in gun violence quote we have a proliferation of illegal guns in our
communities right now which is helping Drive the gun violence epidemic which is killing more young people than ever
before this man the attorney general in the area his name is Mark Totton and he goes on to say quote it's the number one
killer of young people right now end quote it's sad I said it last week we can do better we should do better and I
don't want to get into a whole gun debate longtime listeners of the show will know that we we are we are we are
pro gun for the most part but there the every everything can be corrected stop saying we unless you have a m in your
pocket right I do have a mouse in my pocket and he is loaded he he is armed to the yeah he's got all kinds of guns
he has big look while I Am pro gun I also believe that every situation can be sculpted can be tailored and can be
tightened and tweaked to fit the community all right I'm I don't want to make it a hard and fast Rule and say
nope I'm right you're wrong no everything is Up For Debate as far as I'm concerned you're flexible on this
stay water is what we always say every situation is a fluid situation but one thing that I
absolutely hate and will not stand for is guns getting in the hands in the wrong hands so listen to this
information it states that a man by the name of Jerel Martin of Grand Rapids this is recently this is from 2023 he
was sentenced to just over three years in prison this for buying at least 45 guns and selling them to convic
felons who is not supposed to have guns convicted felons who is not supposed to have guns convicted felons this guy was
getting his hands on a bunch of guns and then selling them to convicted felons 45
guns in fact she get a year for every gun he sold a case that we covered last week a man gets out of prison goes and
kills another man in his apartment using a firearm yeah guess what he's not supposed to have a gun either how did he
I hope that when Sheldon Johnson is convicted and I hope what they're working on right now is figuring out how
he got his hands on that gun yeah because there's could be a situation like that in the Bronx where you got
somebody selling guns to convicted felons putting the guns in the hands of bad people that and I really wish do you
know how much damage 45 guns being sold legally to convicted felons could do I don't think outrageous I don't
think that three years in prison I don't I don't think that that is a large enough sentence a lengthy enough
sentence to deter some of these people from doing no and that's the problem you go oh I I might get a couple years it's
worth risking the biscuit you need to make sure that the sentence that they get is not worth them risking the
biscuit if they go hey if I get caught selling these guns I get 5 years for every gun I sold and I sold 40 of them I
I'm not risking that biscuit I remember a time where in some states you would get a lengthier prison sentence for
selling marijuana than for selling 45 guns to convicted felons now ridiculous and I said do you know what kind of
damage that could cause somewhere there's somebody yelling at me and guess what you should yell at me I'm not
always right yell at me all you want wrong yelling at me don't yell at the mouse in my pocket he did nothing wrong
he dis owns a lot of guns he's my only friend you might say stop speculating what this guy could have done or what
damage could have been done I don't have to speculate because here we go according to a Federal indictment this
is at the federal level at about the highest level that they get according to a Federal indictment on this specific
case those weapons that were sold it's been confirmed by law enforcement that those weapons were used in multiple
shootings in West Michigan some of which turned deadly this is their words not mine look the
criminals if they want to kill somebody they're going to kill you with a gun kill you with a knife they'll strangle
you it's against the law to sell firearms to a felon and so if you do so you should again spend way longer than 3
years in prison and we know that that oh he he was well behaved so he got out in
a year but back to this case what can listeners do to help bring Justice in this case people you ban together
communities ban together when when citizens when Good People Unite that's how we fight crime that's how we fight
gun violence and I I want to take this moment here to get the listeners angry cuz sometimes you have to get people
angry to get action yeah from that that illegal guns case that we just discussed
of those firearms that were sold to convicted felons one of them was used to kill somebody in the city of Flint
Michigan one of those guns fired multiple shots on the blue bridge when it was filled with people in downtown
Grand Rapids Michigan and one unfortunately killed a 2-year-old in Wyoming Michigan Jesus Christ so the
call to action here people is share this composite sketch of the suspect who is responsible for the death and the murder
of C Coronado a young man who was 18 years old out riding his bike this was a man just starting his life working his
first job living in a in a good situation with good people and working to better himself when in Hell he's the
wheelie King and I want to applaud the Wyoming Police Department for keeping this case in the media to keep for
keeping the suspect composite sketch in the media keeping the vehicle description in the media and readily
available to the eyeballs of all and here we are delivering it to the earballs of everybody willing to listen
this is a case that as as random as the crime may seem on the surface as we talked about in the first half of the
show a very similar crime in the state of Ohio happened not too long ago that seemed just as random and maybe even a
little hopeless at the time when we reported on it but that case has found that file has now moved into the solved
pile and the very least that we could do for Cain is to share this information and find this person this person is very
distinct looking and I we want to we want to sh share this composite sketch and hopes that it that the right person
sees it and can provide the right information to law enforcement there is a reward for information in this case at
one time captain that reward was $5,000 I believe it's been increased to $6,000 this is being offered by an
organization called Silent Observer they're offering cash for information regarding this case uh reward will go to
anyone who helps police find the suspect we have Crime Stoppers that's involved as well so if you want to call in a tip
anonymously you can do so with the local Crim Stoppers but the investigating agency is the Wyoming Michigan Police
Department anyone with information regarding the murder of Cain Coronado that took place November 1st
2022 please reach out to the Wyoming Michigan Police Department you can reach them at 616
530 739 [Music] Street up at the street you could be anywhere in the world and you're here in the garage with
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sign up on the mailing list Colonel do we have any recommended reading for the beautiful listeners this is one of my
maybe my favorite True Crime book to have come out this year so far so this is by a great guy his name is Bob
ciphers he's an award-winning journalist and CBS reporter I was familiar with his
work before this book came out this is his first True Crime book and he was one of the original newspaper and news
reporters covering the case when it first happened back in 1992 so the name of the book is dead end inside the hunt
for the interstate 70 serial killer by Bob ciphers a little additional information here for those that don't
remember back in 1992 a store clerk was found shot to death in broad daylight at
the boot Village in St Charles Missour nothing was stolen there was no sexual assault so the motive seems unclear here
this a very bizarre crime they thought it was an isolated murder and later they find out that there were others that
were connected to this murder other victims in Indianapolis witch Tero and Raytown and the media quickly dubbed the
suspect the I70 serial killer he's never been caught never been captured Bob is keeping hopes alive with this book
there's new information in this book again it's called Dead End inside the hunt for the interstate 70 serial killer
by Bob ciphers you can find that recommendation and many more on our recommended page on our
website True Crime garage.com thanks for telling a friend thanks for telling your
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On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 eighteen year old Kane Coronado was shot while riding his bike in Wyoming, Michigan. This attack happened in broad daylight. Sadly Kane did not survive. With the help of eyewitnesses, Wyoming Police have released a description of the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle and now police need your help. The suspect is described as a white male, around the age of 30 with a medium build and a brown or gray scruffy beard. The suspect was seen driving toward Market Avenue and then toward I-196 in a grey sedan, possibly a model between the years of 2000 and 2005. The vehicle could be similar to the body style of a 2005 Chevy Cavalier. If you have seen the suspect, the suspect’s vehicle or if you have any information regarding the murder of Kane Coronado, please contact the Wyoming Police at 616.530.7300 or Silent Observer at 1.866.774.2345 or https://www.silentobserver.org (https://www.silentobserver.org/)

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses the unsolved murder of Kane Coronado, shot while biking in Wyoming, Michigan, and the ongoing search for justice.

Key points

Justice for Kane Coronado. Kane was shot while riding his bike, leaving his family searching for answers.
The Wheelie King of Grand Rapids. Kane was known for his impressive biking skills, earning him the nickname 'Wheelie King.'
The Missing Vehicle Details. Despite a detailed suspect description, crucial vehicle information is lacking. How is that possible?
G Defy Shoes: A Game Changer. G Defy shoes promise comfort and support, making every step feel like a high five.
Gun Violence Epidemic. Gun violence is surging, with illegal firearms increasingly in the wrong hands. It's a crisis.
The Risk of Selling Guns. Selling guns to felons can lead to severe consequences, including deadly outcomes.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I want Justice for my grandson.

Kane's grandmother expressing her desire for justice.

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Tension

65/ 100Some tension

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