Hovey Street Murders Update - The Wasted and Violent Life Of A "Domestic Terrorist"

This is Ronald Leon Davis. He is the alleged shooter in the Hovey Street Murders case. He is denying being the shooter, but his companions in the robbery and murders have all issued statements fingering him as the shooter. Mr. Davis is clearly a career criminal, despite numerous opportunities to turn his life around. If he truly is the individual behind killing 2 unarmed women and 2 defenseless children, he is most certainly a monster of epic proportions

Since I have been covering this case, I have been bombarded with comments and e-mails, focusing on the choices made by the two women who were murdered. I have been appalled, angered, and amazed at this position taken by several of my readers. Part of me does not disagree with their perceptions, but after reading about the wasted and violent life of Mr. Ronald Davis, I have to wonder what choices anyone has in dealing with folks like Ronald Davis.

What do black communities do about life-long predators like Ronald Davis? Where is the outrage and activism of black male bloggers, media pundits, politicians, pastors, and community leaders? Why are black women bloggers once again the only people bringing attention to this crime, challenging each other about what happened and how not to have it happen again?

What exactly should the black community do with black men who refuse again and again to conform to the rules of the given society? What do we do with the grown-ass black men that victimize black women and children in their communities? Do we write these type of black men off forever? Do we continue to blame their crimes on "not having fathers," "not having education or jobs," "not having the support of black women," or do we make these kind of black men take responsibility for themselves?

Think about this -

Mr. Davis has been selling drugs since he was a teenager. He was kicked out of high school, yet managed to get a GED, a barber's license and substance abuse treatment in prison. Despite all of that, Mr Davis failed to stay out of the criminal justice system. Additionally, despite being just 30 years old and having spent 1/3 of his life behind bars, Mr. Davis has managed to father three children by two different women.

Mr. Davis has been arrested and charged on different occasions for physically attacking the mother of his two children and a former girlfriend. Apparently, this behavior runs in the family because Davis' brother, Nathanael Davis, 28, is awaiting trial in domestic battery and confinement cases in Indianapolis.

And for those of you so excited by the equalization of crack cocaine vs. power cocaine sentencing laws. Mr. Davis was twice released early from prison on drug offenses. Each time he was released, he never managed to last more than a few months before being locked up on parole violations, mostly related to violent attacks on black women.

Choices...yes, indeed...we all have choices. Mr. Davis could have chosen to cut hair and give shaves in his community's barbershop, but instead he decided to sell drugs in his community. Mr. Davis could have chosen to go to community college and add an AA degree to his GED, but instead he would rather enroll in criminal's college in the prison industrial complex. Mr. Davis could have chosen not to murder black women and children in his community, but for entirely too many people's regret, he decided to kill instead.

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4 Men + 50 Pounds Of Marijuana + Cash + 40-caliber handgun = 2 Women, 2 Children Murdered For Absolutely No Reason At All

Yesterday, the alleged motive of the four suspects in the murders of Gina Hunt, Andrea Yarrell and their children was revealed. The men apparently targeted the home because they believed that there was about 50 pounds of marijuana and some cash in the house. They also believed that it was an easy score because there was "only women" in the house. It seems that all the suspects are talking, but nobody wants to take credit for the shooting. What a surprise! The suspected shooter is the man in the upper left-hand corner.


Now take a look at the photo below. This is not a photo of evidence in the Hovey Street Murders. I posted this photo to bring home the absolutely senseless nature of this crime. The photo below is about 12 pounds of marijuana. 2 women and 2 children were murdered in cold blood for 4 times that amount of marijuana and an unknown amount of cash. Two products that can be burned up with a single matchstick was more important that the lives of four people! Unarmed and defenseless women and children!

To add insult to injury, there was no marijuana or money. Gina Hunt told the shooter that the drugs and the money was gone, long gone. She begged for the lives of herself, her friend and their children. The shooter shot them anyway. 10 shots fired into the head and torso of 2 women, a toddler, and infant cowering in fear behind a bed. The words should not exist to describe a tragedy such as this one.

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Last Of The Hovey Street Murder Victims Laid To Rest Today In Indianapolis

It is a little over a half hour into the memorial service for Andrea Yarrell and her infant daughter, Charlii. More than 1200 people are currently in attendance, filling the church to over-flow capacity. Many congratulations are due to the mayor, the sheriff and his entire department, federal authorities, and the Indianapolis community for getting these horrific and senseless murders solved quickly. There is still a great deal of anger, shock, sadness, and hopelessness within the community as they mourn for young lives lost entirely too early.

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Update - Hovey Street Murders

"To the victims, I hope they rest in peace, To the ones who did this, I hope there is no peace for them." - Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson

There have been formal arrests made in the Hovey Street Murders. Two men have been charged with murder and two other men have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.

Murder victim, Gina Hunt and her son were buried yesterday. There is apparently a desperate need to assist with funeral expenses and a special fund for Ms. Hunt's surviving children. Please help of you can.

Donations for burial expenses are being accepted at all Fifth Third Bank locations. City-County Councilman Duke Oliver and attorney Nathaniel Lee will serve as overseers of the fund.Any donations beyond what is needed for the funerals will be deposited in a trust fund for Gina Hunt's surviving children, ages 4 and 6. Checks should be made payable to Memorial Fund for Hunt & Yarrell Families.A second fund for the Hunt family has been set up at Indiana Members Credit Union. Checks made out to the Gina and Jordan Memorial Fund will be accepted at any branch.

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The Civil War Of Violence On Black Women And Their Children Continues

Repeatedly on the blog What About Our Daughters, people have criticized the blog's founder and those of us affiliated with her blog of having unrealistic expectations about expecting any of the presidential candidates to speak out on the violent gang rape and assault case that occurred at Dunbar Village in Florida. Well, today more than ever, I am completely behind Gina and her conviction that we as black women have the RIGHT and the OBLIGATION to demand that these politicians pay attention to the increasing dangerous and unlivable conditions of African American women and their children.

I was enraged, heartbroken, and saddened when the equivalent of Dunbar Village occurred in the state I live late yesterday evening. Gina Hunt, 24 and her son Jordan, 23 months, Hunt's friend, Andrea Yarrell, also 24 and her 4 month-year-old daughter, Charlii, were shot multiple times by two men in their own home. There are no suspects in custody, but Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson vowed, "Whoever is responsible for this, we're going to track you down like dogs, We're not going to stop until we find you and put you in a cage where you belong."

From reading the various news reports, this case sounds drug-related. I'm not sure if the women were involved in drugs, but clearly someone connected to them may have been. And whether this case is drug-related or not, matters not to me. What kind of world are we living in that someone, anyone, could shoot a woman holding her child in her arms? Not only does it seem that black women's lives don't matter, clearly the lives of their children are worth even less. This case should be national news, the cowardly thugs that committed this awful crime should have absolutely nowhere to hide, no safe haven.

Considering this terrible new case and the fact that an arrest has been made in the Stepha Henry case, bringing that missing persons case to the dreadful conclusion that its now a murder case, I have had enough.

This my line in the sand.

I will report on this case until someone is caught and brought to justice. We, as black women cannot and should not allow people to believe that they can destroy us without a word being spoken or any action being taken. These women and their children were on this earth, someone loved them, they loved each other. We owe them more than being remembered as victims of violent inner city crime. They need to be remembered as black women who struggled to make a place for themselves and their children in this world. Their children need to be remembered as little ones that did not get the chance to experience this world.

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