In the winter of 2022, a family dispute in Pontiac, Michigan, escalated to a tragic and fatal conclusion. On the evening of Monday, February 7th, 32-year-old Antonio 'Scooby' Lee Mayes, a Black male, was shot and killed. The violent act took place inside his mother's apartment at the Phoenix Place Apartments on Woodward Avenue. Though his mother was not home at the time, the events that unfolded would forever alter the lives of her family.
The discovery of the crime was made by Mayes'
own sister the following day. Just after 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, she contacted the Oakland County Sheriff's Office to report the shooting. In a devastating revelation, she identified the alleged shooter as Stanford Clirteese Sharp Jr., the 18-year-old boyfriend of her 17-year-old daughter. When deputies arrived at the apartment, they found Antonio Mayes in a bedroom, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. Investigators found spent shell casings on the floor just outside the bedroom, a silent testament to the violence that had occurred.
Following the report, law enforcement began a search for Stanford Clirteese Sharp Jr. He was located and taken into custody by Oakland County deputies on the Wednesday following the shooting. Sharp was subsequently charged with open murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was held without bond as the legal process moved forward. In March of 2023, Sharp was sentenced for the murder of Antonio Mayes, bringing a measure of judicial closure to a case that began with a heated argument and ended in a senseless loss of life.
