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Here is where I'll be adding all News that Gods and Earths are making around my home and hopefully in the Wilderness of North America!
All I have to report of Now is about the shooting of Wise God Allah.
He was killed about Power (5) months ago. I'm adding some of the Articles from when it happened. The other ones from 5 months ago and the recent ones I'll add soon.
Also, be happy because the Newer ones are about them finding his Killer! I'll add them soon!
Just click on the links below.
Obit one|
No arrests made in Incident on Logan Street|
Shooting Death Probe continues|
Obit 2|
30 Shell Casings found near scene|
Wise God Allah laid to rest|
City man arrested in Allah murder| Bond set at $1M for man accused in Allah murder.|
WISEGOD ALLAH
Steubenville, Oh-Wisegod Allah, 27, of Steubenville, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, at Trinity
Medical Center West.
Formerly known as Grier Allen Montgomery, he was a 1990 graduate of Steubenville High School,
and had attended Jefferson Community College in real estate.
He was tha manager for tha Steubenville rap group Killarmy, employed through tha rap group
Wu-Tang.
Surviving are his parents, Robert and Elizabeth Hawkins Montgomery; his fiancee, Tiesha Michelle
Lawson; two daughters, Ta!Lesha R. Brown of Steubenvill, Amira Ti-Love Allah of Steubenville; a
son, Dominit Allah; three sisters, Lawana Montgomery of Akron, Dayona Montgomery of
Steubenville, Gloria Jean Richardson of Philadelphia; brother, Eric Montgomery of Steubenville.
Calling hours are 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Vinson House Mortuary in Steubenville. Burial will be in
Union Cemetary.
Final arrangements will be announced by Vinson House Mortuary.
-Courtesy of the Steubenville Herald Star.
A Steubenville man is dead after shots rang out on tha 500 block of Logan Street early Saturday Morning.
Courtesy of the Steubenville Herald Star
Steubenville police continue the investigation into the death of Wise God Allah, who was gunned down on Logan Street late Friday.
Wisegod Allah
STEUBENVILLE-Wisegod Allah, 27, of Steubenville died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, in Trinity Medical Center West.
-Courtesy of Steubenville Herald Star
Steubenville Police Chief Jerry McCartney said about 30 spent shell casings were found near tha murder scene of Wisegod Allah early Saturday Morning.
-Courtesy of Steubenville Herald Star
By Mary Bilderback, staff writer
A 19-year-old Steubenville man has been arrested for the November murder of Wise God Allah, the 27-year-old man whose death, followed by a rash of shootings in the downtown area, trigered a plea by civic leaders for an end to violence in this city.
They say RZA's from steubenville but I don't Know. I've lived in Steubenville for 6 years. I Know he has family here as does a lot of Wu. So, it might be true it might not!
By Joe Lawlor, Staff Writer
wisegod Allah, 27, formerly known as Grier Montgomery, was found lying on tha sidewalk on Logan Street about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to a Steubenville Police Department report, several shell casings were found on Logan Street. Also, 3 cars were hit, puncturing one of tha cars' gas tanks, causing tha Steubenville Fire Department to arrive on tha scene.
Allah was found carrying a .357 Magnum, according to tha police report.
Tha cause of death wasn't reported, and Jefferson County Coroner Dr. John Metcalf couldn't be reached for comment.
Allah died at Trinity Medical Center West Saturday.
Steubenville Police Chief Jerry McCartney couldn't be reached for comment Saturday, and no one at tha police statio could comment.
There have been no arrests in connection with tha incident.
Tha Vinson House of Mortuary, which is handling funeral arrangements, reported that Allah has three children. He was manager for tha rap group Killarmy. He was a graduate of Steubenville High School and had attended Jefferson Community College.
Roger Stanley, a Logan Street resident, said he heard a sound like firecrackers.
"It was like a pop, pop, pop sound," Stanley said. He said he didn't know for sure at first if they were gunshots, but thought they might be.
He said they've never had problems on their street.
"This is the nicest neighborhood in tha downtown," Stanley said. "But now, after this happened, I don't know."
Also early Saturday - about 2:30 a.m. - a Columbus man reported that he was driving on North Seventh Street when he heard gunshots. His rear window was shattered by a bullet, he reported. Tha man went to a friend's house on Euclid Avenue and reported tha incident to police.
There is no indication whether tha two incidents are related.
Autopsy today for Wise God Allah.
By Mark Law and Joe Lawlor, staff writers
Allah was found on the sidewalk of the 500 block on Logan Street about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Steubenville police found a .357 Magnum on his person.
Several neighbors, who didn't wish to be identified, said they heard gunshots starting near the high school end of Logan Street. The incident moved east on Logan Street, ending about a block from North Seventh Street, according to neighbors.
Allah died at Trinity Medical Center West Saturday.
While no arrests have been made today, detectives were interviewing people in the 500 block of Logan Street today in attempts to get some information on the shooting of the 27-year-old Allah, formerly Known as Grier Montgomery.
He was manager of the Steubenville rap group Killarmy, employed through the rap group Wu-Tang.
Jefferson County Coroner Dr. John Metcalf was expected to perform an autopsy on the body today.
Police Chief Jerry McCartney ws unavailable for comment on the murder today.
According to police report, several spent shell casings were found on Logan Street. Also, three cars were hit by bullets, puncturing one gas tank.
Courtesy of the Steubenville Herald Star
Formerly known as Grier Allen Montgomery, he was a 1990 Steubenville High School graduate and had studied real estate at Jefferson Community College.
He was manager for tha Steubenville rap group, Killarmy, employed through tha rap group Wu-Tang Clan.
Calling Hours are 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Vinson House Mortuary. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at St. John Arena with tha Rev. Calvin McLeod Jr. officiatin.
Burial will be in Union Cemetery.
By Joe Lawlor, Staff Writer
Allah, of Steubenville, was found on the sidewalk of the 500 block of Logan Street about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
"Since we found 30 casings, unless a guy was standing there reloading for half-an-hour, that would amount to more than one person doin tha shootin," McCartney said.
McCartney said they don't have a description of the suspects yet, and he would appreciate anyone comin forward with leads.
McCartney said police don't have a motive yet for the crime.
"We encourage anyone to come forward with any information, no matter how little it seems to them," McCartney said.
Tha .357 Magnum found on Allah, 27, formerly known as Grier Montgomery, had not been fired, McCartney said.
McCartney also said they don't know whether anotha incident was related. 2 hours later, a Columbus man reported to police he ahd been drivin on Seventh Street when he saw a man in dark clothin fire a gun. Tha bullet shattered his rear windshield, accordin to tha report.
Tha coroner's report on Allah was recently released.
Accordin to Jefferson County Coroner Dr. John Metcalf's report, Allah died of a single gunshot wound.
The bullet, from a 9mm gun, hit Allah about 12 inches below the right side of his back, travelin upward and hittin blood vessels leadin to his lungs. Tha bullet lodged on in his neck, just above tha left collarbone, accordin to tha report.
The coroner determined Allah died from massive hemorrhaging caused by the gunshot wound.
Amidst flowers of yellow and black that read Wu-Tang, Killarmy, and Royal Fam, Wise God Allah, formerly Known as Grier Montgomery, was remembered at St. John's Arena on Wednesday afternoon -the day before Thanksgiving.
More than 300 family and friends, of Christian and Islam faith, paid their last respects to Wise God, who was gunned down by an unknown assailant around midnight Friday.
The community turned out in respect of the man who was the manager of the rap group Killamry, proteges of the nationally known Wu-Tang clan. Wu-Tang members turned out for the service, as well.
"To know Wise was to love him," Elizabeth hawkins Montgomery, Wise God's mother, said of her son.
"He used to tell me all the time, 'Don't worry Mama, I'll be all right.' If he was able to talk right now he would probably say, 'Don't worry Mama, I'll be all right.' Let's get together. Let's stop the violence. This could be your child next."
A memeber from the Nation of Islam read from the Qur'an, "Hard trials are necessary to establish truth." And from Chapter 40 he read about the power of Allah. As he closed he said, "He is not dead. I love brother Wise God Allah."
The RZA, who is from Steubenville and manager of the rap group, Wu-Tang Clan, spoke of the problems this city faces with crime and our young people.
He started out by saying, "Peace." Then went on to say, "In 1990 I came here and one of the brothers I met was Wise. Allah means All, the Most High. Wise started helping brothers in this community. He never discriminated. For his love to be returned like this just isn't right.
"This is the kind of civilization we have to deal with? When is this going to stop? Kids are running around like it's a Western. It's no Western."
The RZA went on to speak of how everybody knows about the crime, but nobody does anything about it, and how it takes a more than just a few to help.
"It's like pouring water on the desert," he said. "We called him General because that's how he moved. All the brother ever showed was love."
Echoing the general feelings of everyone there the RZA said, "The parents have got to put a stop to it. All you girls out there that run around and think it's fun when your man does this kind of thing, you have got to stop it. The murder rate in this place is like a big city."
Speaking on the character of Wise God, the RZA spoke, "He spread 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' That's how he spread the word. You've got Crips and Bloods running around Steubenville. They've been in this 74-block radius shooting each other. Are we going to be here again next month? Snap out of it, all right? Peace."
The Rev. Calvin McLoyd Jr., Second Baptist Church, gave the eulogy. In it he also spoke of the ways things must change.
"We are our brother's keeper. There is some responsibility that we all must share. There are some things we share," he said. We share life. It's not up to us to take life. Retaliation is not the answer."
Then the members of Killarmy and Wu-Tang Clan gathering around the casket, arms around each others shoulders for one final goodbye.
The pall bearers were Aric White, Rakeem Allah, Freedom Allah, Born Allah, Divine Allah, King Allah, Supreme Allah and Ghost Allah. The flower bearers were Jamie Montgomery, Tiejawn Lawson, Terisha Elder, Tori Montgomery, Tikea Lawson, and Latiska Sawyer.
His parents, Robert L. and Elizabeth Hawkins Montgoery, his fiance, Tiesha Michelle Lawson, his three children and his brother and sisters submitted this poem:
We all have different journeys
Different paths along the way, 
We all are meant to learn some things,
But never meant to stay...
Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know.
For some the journey quicker,
For some, the journey slow.
And when the journey finally ends,
We'll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting Peace.
-Courtesy of the Steubenville Herald Star
McCartney says additional arrests may come soon.
By Jim Dobbs, staff writer
Walter James Thompson of 907 Washington Street, was arrested by city police at his home Friday and charged with unlawful possesion of a dangerous ordnance. A sawed-off shotgun was found at his residence.
Police chief Jerry McCartney said Thompson's bond was set at $500,000.
McCartney wouldn't comment further on the arrest, saying the investigation was continuing. He said more arrests involving the murder may be made in the near future.
Allah, the manager of local rap group Killarmy -who are affiliated with nationally-known rappers Wu-Tang Clan-was shot in the back early in the morning of Nov. 22 in the 500 block of Logan Street. He was found on the street and taken to Trinity Medical Center West where he died. About 30 shell casings were found near the murder scene, leading police to suspect there may have been more than one shooter.
In the days following Allah's death, police responded to several calls about gunfire in the neighborhoods around downtown.
Four days after Allah's murder,a couple was shot when they answered the door around 11 p.m. Police report that Judith Harris of Dock Street answered her door when a black male wearing a camoflauge outfit shot through the glass storm door at the residence. One shot hit Harris in the shoulder and her husband, Donald, who was standing beside her was hit in the hand. Both Judith and Donald Harris were treated and released from Trinity West.
Church and community leaders then called for an end to violence and have been holding meetings aimed at addressing the problem.
McCartney said the support and assistance of the community, specifically by people who came forward with information on the murder, helped lead to Thompson's arrest.
McCartney commended Sgts. Charlie Sloan and John Sullivan and Detective John Lelles who have been working on the case on a daily basis since the murder.
-Courtesy of Steubenville Herald Star
McCartney credits information from local residents.
From staff reports
Bond has been set at $1 million for the man accused of murdering Wise God Allah, formerly known as Grier Montgomery.
Walter "Pookie" Thompson, 19, of 907 Washingtom Street, was arraigned Monday in Steubenville Municipal Court on one count each of murder and possession of a dangerous weapon.
Police Chief Jerry McCartney said this morning the investigation that has gone on for five months now may result in other people being charged.
Thompson waas arrested Friday when he was booked and taken to the Jefferson County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond. During Thompson's arraignment Monday, however, Police Prosecuter Michael Bednar asked that Thompson's bond be raised to $1 million.
During the investigation, detectives took statements from Thompson regarding the murder. Also, during a search of the home, police recovered a 12-guage, sawed-off shotgun.
Allah died from a single shot wound to the back of the neck, but nearly 40 shell casings were found in the 500 block of Logan Avenue where the shooting occured.
McCartney also said local residents gave information about the murder to police detectives and cooperated with the investigation.
"It is very difficult to solve cases, such as this, without the cooperation of the people coming forward," he said.
-Courtesy of the Steubenville Herald Star
