A city man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lynchburg Circuit Court to shooting up an Augusta Street home in October.
Michael Floyd Crawford, 22, pleaded guilty to maliciously shooting at an occupied dwelling, possession of a firearm by a violent felon and three counts of shooting from a vehicle. Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Chuck Felmlee said two additional charges of shooting from a vehicle were dropped as part of the agreement that led to Tuesday’s pleas.
According to a statement of evidence Felmlee offered in court, the incident started in the early morning of Oct. 6 at a party at Game Over at 3106 Memorial Ave.
Felmlee said that at about 2 a.m. Gary and Tevin Smith, two teenage brothers, got into an argument with another group of boys, including Teddy Crawford, Michael Floyd Crawford’s younger brother.
“They apparently do not get along,” Felmlee said after the hearing. “It’s been a long-running feud between Teddy Crawford and the Smith brothers.
“(The Smith brothers) told us Teddy Crawford instigated this ruckus over on Memorial Avenue and apparently, his older brother took up for him.”
During the fight on Memorial Avenue, Felmlee said, witnesses said one of the people with Teddy Crawford pulled out a gun, shooting at the Smiths and their friends, hitting Eric Antonio Mays in the arm.
Felmlee said no one has been charged in that shooting and the case remains unsolved.
Before they could flee to their home on Augusta Street, the Smith boys reported that one of Crawford’s group yelled out, “We know where you live and we are gonna get you later.”
About a half an hour later, police were dispatched to the Augusta Street home with the sound of gunshots heard over the phone.
Police later tracked down Michael Floyd Crawford based on a description of the car used in the shooting. Investigators were able to match bullet casings found in the road on Augusta Street, bullets recovered from the house and bullet casings found in Crawford’s car to a gun found inside his girlfriend’s apartment, where he was arrested.
Altogether, 14 spent bullet casings were found. Five bullets struck the house.
Michael Floyd Crawford is scheduled to be sentenced on May 23. He faces a mandatory minimum five years in prison as a violent felon in possession of a gun up to a maximum sentence of 30 years.
He remains jailed in the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center without bond.
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