A Jefferson City man was arrested Monday in Texas in connection with the shooting death of a Lincoln University student in December.
Michael Bouchee, 19, was picked by members of a U.S. Marshal's Task Force in the Dallas/Arlington area, Jefferson City police reported Tuesday. He was arrested on an outstanding warrant for second-degree murder and armed criminal action. He had fled Missouri to avoid prosecution.
DeAngelo Frazier Jr., 29, Jefferson City, also was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in this case. Frazier is currently incarcerated on other charges in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
In December, Bouchee and Frazier each were charged with being involved in drug activities during the same time and location where D'Angelo Bratton-Bland, 23, was killed.
Bratton-Bland was the Student Government Association president at Lincoln University.
Bouchee and Frazier each are charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance in the drug case.
Officers were called the night of Dec. 11 to the 200 block of Dawson Street for a weapons offense, according to Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statements. When they arrived, officers found more than 20 spent shell casings outside 208 Dawson St.
A short time later, officers stopped a vehicle that had been seen leaving the area where the shooting occurred. Four people were inside the vehicle, one of them being Bratton-Bland, who had been shot. He was rushed to University Hospital in Columbia and later died from his injuries.
Authorities said Bratton-Bland was a victim who did nothing to contribute to his fatal shooting. They believed he was walking in the area at the time.
Back at 208 Dawson St., investigators conducted interviews with witnesses who all placed Bouchee at the residence during the shooting. Further, police said the witnesses identified Bouchee as having a handgun and pointing the weapon at the end of the street where Bratton-Bland and others where standing by cars parked on East Capitol Avenue when the shooting occurred.
Frazier was also at 208 Dawson St., according to witnesses, who said he had a "Baby AR Rifle" at the time of the shooting.
Witnesses further told officers that Frazier had made comments about a car driving slowly by the household.
Witnesses allegedly said Bouchee and Frazier then went downstairs on the porch and began to point the weapons at the end of the street while yelling at Bratton-Bland and others standing on East Capitol Avenue.
On the night of the shooting, officers obtained warrants to search the residence. They allegedly found 108 grams of marijuana separated in four cellophane bags, numerous electronic scales and a large amount of small cellophane baggies, which authorities said could be used to package narcotics.
Frazier later went to the Police Department for an interview with investigators, where he allegedly admitted he live at 208 Dawson St. and that he was present when the shooting took place. He said he fled a short time after the shooting occurred.
A search of Frazier's phone revealed "numerous" videos of using and advertising marijuana for sale.
Court records show Frazier has several prior convictions for narcotics and was on probation for unlawful possession of a firearm at the time he was charged in the drug case.
Authorities interviewed Bouchee on Dec. 14. He denied he lived at 208 Dawson St. but allegedly admitted to having several personal items at the residence.
Authorities got a warrant to search Bouchee's phone and found photographs and videos using and advertising marijuana for sale. Other interviews with Bouchee placed him at the residence at the time of the shooting.
Court records show Bouchee had a pending case out of Camden County for felony resisting arrest when he was charged in the drug case.