Oxford Christmas Eve shooting suspect, Malik Webb, charged with 19 counts, including murder

The suspect in the “random” Christmas Eve shooting in Oxford, identified in court as 29-year-old Malik Letroy Webb, was charged with a 19-count complaint, including felony murder on Saturday.

Webb, who is from Genessee County according to the Oakland County Sherriff’s Office, stands accused of having shot three people near Ray Road on Christmas Eve in Oxford, killing one. The shooting took place minutes away from Oxford High School, the site of a 2021 shooting that left four dead and seven injured.

Webb was released from prison in 2023 after serving five years and six months for felony gun charges. He was released two years short of his maximum sentence, despite acquiring another weapons charge while in prison. According to the Oakland County 52-1 District Court in Novi, Webb was discharged from parole on Jan. 1 of this year.

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Magistrate Cody R. Ellwanger, who presided over Webb’s arraignment, did not offer many details regarding the Christmas Eve shooting but did say that he heard details of the shooting delivered in a swear-to earlier in the day.

“The allegations that I heard in the swear-to, well … to say that they were heinous would be an understatement,” Ellwanger said.

Webb, who called into the arraignment from a call room at Oakland County Jail, pleaded not guilty and was instructed not to talk by court counsel.

Webb was denied bond.

Webb ducked his head out of frame for much of the hearing but could be seen rocking back and forth. When he appeared in the frame, he was crying.

According to witnesses at the scene, Webb emerged from a vehicle that crashed in a ditch off Ray Road. Several good Samaritans stopped their car to help with the crash, and Webb began shooting, killing one and injuring two others.

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On Friday, a witness — who requested anonymity citing safety concerns —  told the Free Press the man in the ditch, allegedly Webb, went from car to car, shooting at people.

“We were incredibly lucky,” the witness said. “I never saw him, I just heard everything and kept my distance.”

Webb’s next hearing is set for 9 a.m. Jan. 6 at the Oakland County 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills.

Breaking news reporter Liam Rappleye can be reached at LRappleye@freepress.com

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Oxford Christmas Eve shooting suspect Malik Webb charged with murder

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