Mack E. Porter then stepped over the victim after he fell and continued to shoot him

Homicide victim Randall D. Paris was ambushed as he walked on McKinnie Avenue on March 31, according to the arrest affidavits of two men charged Wednesday with shooting him in a gang-related killing.A witness told Fort Wayne Police that city residents Kevin R. Franklin and Mack E. Porter hid behind a fence at the intersection of Lillie and McKinnie avenues on the southeast side until Paris walked up, according to the affidavit written by Detective William Lyons Jr.

“Porter stepped out, dressed in a black hoodie and wearing dreads, from behind the fence and shot the victim in the head causing him to fall to the ground,” Lyons wrote. “Porter then stepped over the victim after he fell and continued to shoot him … (Franklin) also stepped out and shot the victim at the same time.”

Franklin, 20, of the 2900 block of Schele Avenue, and Porter, 22, of the 1000 block of Milton Street, were each charged with murder, additional fixed term of imprisonment, criminal recklessness and two counts of carrying a pistol without a permit.Police said Paris, 17, was not a gang member, but his brother is a member of PAC, a gang feuding with the D-Boys, a rival gang. Police believe Paris was killed in retaliation for the March 24 killing of D-Boy Contrell L. Brown, 18. Paris was one of five people – one of whom was eight months pregnant – slain in killings unrelated to Paris’ on March 31.Lyons wrote that Paris was walking with a youth who heard someone scream, “Get him!” before a shot rang out and Paris fell to the ground.“He then ran past Randall Paris at which point suspects began shooting at him as he ran down the street,” Lyons wrote. “He believed the suspects fired approximately 10 shots.”Both Franklin and Porter are familiar to police.
Porter was shot in the stomach Nov. 30 in what witnesses told police was a beef between Porter and two friends and members of the MOB gang. Franklin was one of five men federally charged in May with dealing up to 5 kilograms of cocaine.