Excellent teamwork between East Precinct Detective Gary Clements and off-duty North Precinct Officer Billy Estes Wednesday led to the arrest of a man involved in a shootout near the corner of South 6th Street and Sylvan Street.
Detective Clements was investigating an unrelated matter when he saw two men, each armed with handguns, fire several shots at each other at 5 p.m. He immediately broadcast a description of the suspects who fled on foot.
Officer Estes, who was working security at the CWA Apartments at 500 Shelby Avenue, spotted a man who matched the suspect description. He stopped Rondae Osborne, 20, of Greenwood Avenue, and recovered a revolver from Osborne’s jacket pocket.
Osborne admitted he was involved in the gun battle. He claimed he fired in self- defense. Several innocent bystanders were in the area at the time of the shooting.
Osborne is charged with felony reckless endangerment, criminal trespassing, and unlawful weapon possession. He is free on $9,500 bond.
Rondae Osborne
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