HAZEL PARK, Mich. – An Oakland County man is facing charges after he allegedly shot his girlfriend’s son during an argument earlier this week, police said.
Charles Lamar Thomas, 51, of Hazel Park, has been charged with assault with intent to murder, felony firearm, discharge firearm in a building causing injury, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and carrying a concealed weapon.
At 5:26 p.m. on Monday, March 24, Hazel Park officers responded to a home near E. Harry and Highland after receiving a report of a shooting.
An investigation revealed that the victim, identified as a 22-year-old Detroit man, arrived with a moving truck to get some of his items that were stored at his mother’s house.
While the victim was there, his mother and Thomas, her boyfriend, who also lived in the home, got into an argument. The victim “told Thomas to stop offending his mother,” according to the release.
Thomas allegedly pointed a gun at the victim, and the mother tried to push her son out of the bedroom, police said.
After that, the victim tried to push the gun away, but Thomas allegedly shot him in the shoulder, and then again in the face.
Police say the son then went into another room, grabbed a gun and shot at Thomas, injuring his finger, wrist and chest.
Both of them left the home and separately drove to hospitals, police said.
Thomas was arraigned on Thursday, March 27, 2025, and given a $500,000 cash/surety bond.
He is scheduled to appear in court again on April 8.
