Shortly before 6pm, two people got out of a car with weapons – a pistol and a fully automatic rifle – and fired at least 42 rounds into a crowd, hitting “no less than nine people” , the charges state. ShotSpotter technology detected at least 28 shots fired within 1½ seconds.

Surveillance video from “multiple sources” helped investigators identify the car and trace it to Butcher’s guardian as the owner. Three days after the shooting, investigators saw Butcher get into his vehicle in front of his brother’s house and drive away. Undercover officers pursued Butcher and the State Patrol attempted to stop him, but he sped away and was not pursued.

Six months later, Butcher was arrested after he showed up at HCMC to be treated for a gunshot wound he suffered during a gunfight near the 1300 block of W. Lake Street in the Uptown area.