Murder Suspect Claims Self Defense

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One of the highest profile murder cases in Berrien County history will get underway on January 29. Antwan Mims has been ordered held on $5 million bond after a preliminary hearing Tuesday before Judge Arthur Cotter. Defense attorney Eusebio Solis says they will be arguing the shootings of Michael Johnson and Cortez Miller in March at a party in Benton Harbor were self defense. Michigan State Police Detective Sergeant Michael Sites testified Mims told him Miller shot first.

“Mr. Mims states that Mr. Miller turned to his right and started shooting into the house where Mr. Mims was previously standing,” Sites said.

Sites testified Mims shot Johnson twice and Miller three times before going home and fleeing the area. The 40-year-old suspect was caught in suburban Atlanta this summer after being added to the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.