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Police: Maryland Funeral Home Director Shoots And Kills Pallbearer At 10-Year-Old Girl’s Burial

<p>A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;maryland&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;post&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;list&lowbar;posts&amp&semi;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1r24xue&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTIzMjQ5MjY0NS4xNjg2MjM1MTM2&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NjIzNTEzNS4xLjAuMTY4NjIzNTEzNS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Maryland<&sol;strong><&sol;a> funeral home director reportedly shot and killed a pallbearer during the burial of a 10-year-old girl&comma; who herself died in a drive-by shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Arianna Davis<&sol;strong> was shot while she slept in her family’s car on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day &lpar;May 14&rpar; in Washington&comma; D&period;C&period;&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcwashington&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;prince-georges-county&sol;trauma-after-trauma-maryland-funeral-home-owner-charged-in-murder-at-10-year-old-girls-burial&sol;3362685&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">and later died<&sol;a>&comma; according to <em>NBC Washington<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Deadly Gunfire Erupts At 10-Year-Old Girl&&num;8217&semi;s Burial After She Was Killed In Drive-By Shooting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; gunfire broke out as Davis was being buried at Washington National Cemetery in Suitland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m so traumatized that this happened at my daughter’s burial site&period; I didn’t even get to lay her down&comma; even to put her in the ground&comma; and another incident happened&period; This is so traumatizing to me&comma; my children&comma; my whole family&period; It’s trauma after trauma&comma;” her mother&comma; Antionette Belk Belk&comma; told the outlet&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The owner of Compassion and Serenity Funeral Home&comma; <strong>Wilson Chavis<&sol;strong>&comma; reportedly killed 30-year-old <strong>Ronald Banks<&sol;strong>&period; Banks was serving as a pallbearer at Arianna&&num;8217&semi;s funeral&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Business Dispute Between Funeral Homes At The Center Of Deadly Burial Shooting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Police say the 48-year-old Chavis shot Banks due to his intervening in a business dispute with the latter&&num;8217&semi;s Freeman Funeral Services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Arianna&&num;8217&semi;s cousin was also shot in the leg amidst the gunfire&comma; according to Belk&period; The preacher — who was Arianna’s uncle — was not injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>FOX 5 DC<&sol;em> reports that at the gravesite&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox5dc&period;com&sol;news&sol;funeral-service-owner-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-at-10-year-olds-funeral" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Chavis confronted<&sol;a> the funeral pastor and another person associated with Freeman Funeral Services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m here for all you b&ast;&ast;&ast;h a&ast;&ast; n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s&excl;” Chavis yelled at the pastor&comma; according to court documents <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wusa9&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;local&sol;maryland&sol;police-identify-cemetery-shooter-funeral-service-company-owner&sol;65-a1c5e61f-5575-47c2-b094-102510e63ae3" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">viewed by <em>WUSA 9<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I own this body&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This ain’t your f&ast;&ast;&ast;ing funeral home&comma;” before reportedly pushing and spitting on the pastor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Gunman Charged With Murder And Attempted Murder&comma; Victim Was Close Friend Of Girl&&num;8217&semi;s Family<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A handful of funeral attendees then confronted Chavis&comma; prompting him to draw a firearm and fire two shots before driving away from the scene&comma; according to police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cops arrested and took him into custody minutes later&comma; per <em>NBC Washington<&sol;em>&period; Chavis is charged with first and second-degree murder&period; He was also charged with attempted first and second-degree murder&comma; <em>FOX 5 DC<&sol;em> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1666506555246649364" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In court&comma; Wednesday&comma; <em>FOX 5 DC<&sol;em> learned that the head of Freeman’s Funeral Services <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox5dc&period;com&sol;news&sol;funeral-service-owner-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-at-10-year-olds-funeral" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">filed for a temporary peace order<&sol;a> against Chavis last month&period; The pastor&comma; Arianna&&num;8217&semi;s uncle&comma; was reportedly one of those employees listed as requiring a protection order against Chavis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chavis allegedly threatened and harassed the company over the phone and text&period; He similarly threatened an employee there regarding an incident two years ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chavis is scheduled for a bond hearing Thursday afternoon&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; no arrests have been made in the shooting death of Arianna Davis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1659003067809792001" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"123978" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;maryland-funeral-home-director-kills-pallbearer-10-year-old-girls-burial&sol;" data-secure&equals;"6042cd2d6f"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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