Police: Victim of shooting jailed on 4 warrants
A man identified as a victim of attempted homicide in Butler earlier this month was arrested Thursday on several unrelated bench warrants.
Jedediah L. Owens-Vickers, 25, of Butler was riding in a vehicle that city police say was stopped about 11:15 p.m. for a flashing red light violation on West Cunningham Street.
Police said they knew Owens-Vickers was wanted on the warrants and he was subsequently placed in the Butler County Prison.
All four warrants were issued April 10 after he failed to appear at court hearings for alleged probation violations in corresponding cases of simple assault.
Of those cases in 2015 and 2016, court records showed, three were in Butler and one was in Butler Township.
Owens-Vickers is also identified in court documents as one of four victims of an April 5 shooting on the 300 block of North Sixth Avenue in Butler.
Police on April 13 arrested Raheem Robinson, 26, of Pittsburgh and Mackenzie Peters, 22, of Butler in connection with the incident.
Both are charged with felony counts of attempted homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, as well as several misdemeanors.
They are being held in the county prison without bail while awaiting their preliminary hearings, which are scheduled Monday.
Robinson is accused of shooting a pistol at Owens-Vickers, Kirisa Taimuty, Allyssa Stefanowicz and Taimuty's 2-year-old son about 10:35 p.m. April 5. No one was injured.
Peters allegedly drove Robinson to and from the scene of the shooting, according to charging documents.
Shortly before the shooting, Taimuty had gotten into an argument with Robinson, an ex-boyfriend, at Peters' house, documents said. Stefanowicz was with Taimuty that night. Taimuty's son was also with her.
Taimuty told investigators that after leaving Peters' home, according to a police affidavit, she was scared and called Owens-Vickers “to come and walk her home.”
Police said witnesses reported that “two males” exchanged gunfire that night, and officers recovered two different shell casings from the scene.
Deputy Chief David Adam, however, has declined to comment about the investigation, including the possibility of a second shooter.
He also would not say if police have questioned or plan to question Owens-Vickers about the shooting.
