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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
CAROL ROBINSON
News staff writer
A Huntsville man gunned down shortly after a fatal crash during an illegal street race Sunday in the Pratt community may have been in charge of the race purse or betting money - possibly as much as $20,000 - when he was slain, police said.
A dispute over money may have led to the shooting of Anthony Lett, 36, said Birmingham police Sgt. Cory Hardiman. But he declined to confirm that Lett may have been holding the race purse.
By Monday afternoon, one of the race drivers was in police custody and being held in the city jail. No formal charges had been filed.
Hardiman said that man, from the Tennessee Valley, isn't believed to be the driver that crashed into the pedestrian.
Investigators are still trying to locate that driver, Hardiman said.
Hardiman said they were able to find the driver in custody with help from other law enforcement agencies. The driver then voluntarily came in to talk with police, he said.
The driver who struck the pedestrian is believed to live out of state.
The accident happened about 4 p.m. on Republic Circle, a dead-end street in Republic Industrial Park off Avenue W, an area commonly used for such races, authorities said. Racers previously used First Avenue South downtown and then Lakeshore Drive.
Lonnie King, 29, from the Pratt area, was struck by one of two cars after it lost control, careened sideways, crashed into a light pole and then King. King was videotaping the race, but police said they have not recovered his footage.
King was pronounced dead at the scene. Hardiman said there were several stories about what happened, including the widespread account from witnesses that Lett was shot after he wanted to take King to the hospital.
That's not the case," Hardiman said. "A dispute started after the accident and it was during the dispute the victim was shot and killed. ... It's related, but we don't have any evidence there was a dispute over taking anyone to the hospital."
At least two videos of the accident were posted on the Internet site YouTube. One had been viewed at least 64,000 times by 6 p.m. Monday. Hardiman said police have duplicates of the YouTube video, but were still trying to obtain the original late Monday afternoon.
Hardiman said there were hundreds of people at the race, many of whom police believe videotaped the event. Some witnesses had come forward, he said, but not many.
"This is a real good example of people going on about their business when they could come forward with information," he said.
King's family and friends gathered at his home Monday afternoon but declined to comment.
King, widely known as "Bik Lonnie" in Birmingham's hip-hop scene, was known for producing CDs and DVDs of local rappers and street happenings, said Lerome Holcombe, owner of Eighth Avenue Records and Tape in Smithfield.
Holcombe said King wasn't considered part of the drag racing scene. "He just followed the street vibe," Holcombe said. "A lot of people are sad about his death, because he was a good guy."
Lett's widow, Amy, said she knew few details about her husband's slaying, but said she was told he was shot twice in the chest and once in the back.
Lett said her husband does race, usually at drag strips in Huntsville and Selma, but wasn't racing on Sunday. "Yesterday was different," she said. "Yesterday was a street race."
Lett, a manager for a government contracting company, left home Sunday about 11 a.m. "I knew for a few days he was going down there," she said.
She said a friend of her husband called her shortly after the shooting. "They kept saying he was shot, but he was going to be OK," she said. "Of course, I was worried, but I wasn't hysterical until later. I'm still in a state of shock."
Amy Lett said she had not been able to get the full story from those with her husband.
"So many of them that were with him said they had already left when it happened," she said. "The story has just gotten so crazy."