MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A Sterling Heights man already charged with reckless driving and fleeing police in a crash that killed two people is now facing two counts of second-degree murder, officials said.
The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office announced the upgraded charges Tuesday against 54-year-old Keith Blackwell, citing a review of additional evidence in the March 14 crash on Gratiot Avenue.
Charges
Second-degree murder is a felony punishable by life in prison or any term of years. The two new counts come on top of charges Blackwell already faces: two counts of first-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer and two counts of reckless driving causing death (all 15-year felonies).
Blackwell was arraigned on the murder charges on Monday, April 27…