Recording rap about sister who shot him and another man leads to IC man’s arrest
Lang
5/10/18
An Iowa City man caught on video rapping about his sister accidentally shooting him and intentionally shooting another person now faces a pair of charges.
29-year-old Darelle Bull of Cottonwood Avenue was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 11:30 Thursday morning.
Police say that just before 2am on September 29th Bull was with his sister, 25-year-old Arielle Grier of South Dubuque Street, when the two began arguing with another group outside the Kum & Go on East Burlington Street.
The other group walked away, but police say Grier and Bull chased them down and attacked them. It’s during that assault Bull allegedly punched one of the victims, knocking him out. Grier is alleged to have pulled a .40-caliber handgun from her waistband and fired six shots; one of those shots hit one of the other men and two accidentally struck Bull.
Grier then allegedly fled back to her apartment. A later search of that apartment, police say, turned up a .40-caliber handgun and ammunition.
Bull was reportedly uncooperative during the investigation. But investigators obtained video from the day Bull was released from the hospital showing him and Grier rapping about the shootings.
Bull is now charged with Accessory to a Felony and Assault Causing Bodily Injury. If convicted, he faces a maximum of three years in prison.
Grier was initially charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and one of Reckless Use of a Firearm with Serious Injury. She had faced up to 60 years in prison, but in a plea deal with prosecutors those charges were reduced to Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Serious Injury and Willful Injury Causing Injury. She was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Police say Grier’s live-in girlfriend, 25-year-old Lindsay Beyer, had knowledge of the shooting and failed to tell police and lied to them about Grier being in their apartment. Beyer faces one count of Accessory to a Felony, an aggravated misdemeanor carrying up to two years in jail. A case management conference is set for July 22nd. A motion to suppress hearing is set for June 27th.