Three Michigan brothers — one of them 15-years-old — have been charged with their father’s shooting death outside a Bay City apartment building last week.
The Bay City Department of Public Safety said that Shane Gontko, 39, died Saturday morning after he was shot in the head on Wednesday night, according to WJRT.
Police referred the case to the Bay County Prosecutor’s Office, which brought Kyle A. Gontko, 19, and Nathen M. Gontko, 21, into court on Monday. MLive reported.
Kyle Gontko was charged with second degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, false report of a felony, and felony firearm. Nathen Gontgo was charged with discharging a firearm in or at a building, false report of a felony, felony firearm, and possessing a firearm while under the influence.
Their 15-year-old brother was charged with two counts of accessory after the fact to a felony and felony firearm, Bay County Prosecutor Michael P. Kanuszewski said. His name was not revealed, but he is in custody at the Bay County Juvenile Home.
Police were called to the brothers’ apartment building just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving multiple reports of gunfire. At least one call came from one of Shane Gontko’s sons. Officers found the older Gontko, who has three other children in addition to the murder suspects, in the yard with a gunshot to his head. He was taken to a local hospital and then tranferred to a hospital in Flint, where he died.
Kanuszewski declined to speculate on a motive, but he did say the suspects initially claimed their father had been the victim of a random drive-by shooting.
Assistant Prosecutor Christopher S. Johnson said he expects the charges against the brothers will be upgraded later this week.
The judge on Monday set Kyle Gontko’s bond at $500,000 and his brother’s at $250,000. They are due in court again on January 28.
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[Featured image: Center, Shane Gontko/GoFundMe. Left, Kyle Gontko and right/Nathen Gontko/Bay County Jail]
