Detroit Man Accused In Murder At Oakland County Haunted House

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — Oakland County authorities have accused a 17-year-old Detroit man of killing a man at a haunted house in Pontiac.

Damon Parker Terrelle was arrested by the Oakland County Fugitive Apprehension Team and the U.S. Marshals Service in Michigan, near the Indiana border, Saturday, the sheriff's office said.

Terrelle was arraigned Saturday before Magistrate Robert Morad on charges of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony and carrying a concealed weapon, officials said.

First-degree murder is a felony punishable by up to life in prison.

Terrelle's felony charges were filed in connection with the Sept. 27 murder of a 29-year-old Detroit man at Erebus Haunted House in Pontiac.

Deputies said they, along with Star EMS, responded to the haunted house early Sept. 27 on the report of a shooting. The caller said the victim was in the parking lot, laying on the concrete, police said.

The victim and his girlfriend had been waiting in line to enter Erebus Haunted House when a man in line ahead of them — later identified as Terrelle — would not move, according to police.

Terrelle and the victim exchanged words as Terrelle thought the victim had cut in line ahead of him, police said. The victim told his girlfriend that he was going to his vehicle, police said. Terrelle and the victim went separately to the parking lot, and witnesses reported hearing shots fired, police said.

A witness reported that a blue sedan fled the scene at a high rate of speed, police said.

Star EMS took the victim to McLaren Oakland Hospital, where a physician pronounced him dead, police said.