LANSING, Mich. (News 10) — Lansing police officials have announced a resolution to a 17-year-old cold case murder.
On Aug. 1, 2009, 19-year-old Edric Hinton was killed in a drive-by shooting on Cavanaugh Road near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Lansing Police Chief Rob Backus, cold case Detective Shannon Thielen and Hinton’s family spoke at a news conference Monday to announce the resolution.
Tip led to buried weapon
Thielen said the break in the case came from a confidential informant who gave her a tip about where a shotgun connected to Hinton’s death was buried…