(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City man is facing felony charges, including two counts of Attempted Murder, following a shooting last month.

 

According to police, around 8:20 am on July 11, officers responded to Franciscan Hospital for a person with an apparent gunshot wound. The victim told police that sometime overnight he had been in a parked white 2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the BP gas station on East Michigan Boulevard while a female companion entered the store. While leaving, the victim said he heard two or three gunshots from an unknown assailant, along with shattering glass. He told police he was unaware of his injury, a bullet graze to the head, until later.

 

After studying surveillance footage, investigators determined that a gray Buick sedan had pulled alongside then in front of the Jeep. A light-skinned black man went to the Jeep’s driver’s side brandishing a handgun. As the SUV pulled away, the assailant fired shots, shattering the Jeep’s back window. Police said another black man exited the back of the Buick, grabbed a gun from a front passenger and chased the Jeep.

 

Police used Flock technology to identify the vehicle and the primary shooter, 24-year-old Daryl Rhodes II, who was later taken into custody. Further review of surveillance video allegedly detected a woman in the vehicle saying, "OC, why are you doing stupid sh--?" Police said Rhodes is known to go by the nickname O.C. Charging documents did not mention the identities of the others involved, but police allege, based on previous evidence, that the woman in the vehicle with the victim has been in an on-and-off-again relationship with Rhodes.

 

Rhodes is currently charged with five felonies, including two counts of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Battery, Criminal Recklessness, and Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun. He had an initial hearing last Tuesday in La Porte Superior Court 1, where a $100,000 cash bond was set.