Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Holidays are events reserved for celebrations of just having a good time with family and friends. The last thing one would want is to have something happen that would otherwise put a damper on the celebration. Guns should never be in the equation whether one is celebrating or not. On July 4, 2023, Monroe Police were called to respond to a report of shots being fired in a southside neighborhood. When officers arrived at a residence on South 9th Street, they confronted 23-year-old Brandon R. Harrell in connection to the shootings. In the course of the investigation, MPD said that officers recovered 18 shell casings, and a 9mm was found in the backyard.

According to MPD, a search warrant was obtained and was carried out. During the search, two 9mm handguns were found. Officers said that they also found a video showing Harrell and several other men and a 13-year-old juvenile firing a gun in the backyard. Harrell allegedly confessed that one of the guns was registered to him, according to the report. Harrell was arrested for encouraging or contributing to child delinquency, obstruction of justice, and possession of a firearm or carrying of a concealed weapon by a person convicted of domestic abuse battery. Though no one was injured or killed, holidays and guns do not go together. We CAN do better. There are three sides to every story. this was one side of this story. the Monroe Dispatch welcomes another or the other side of this story.