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BAY CITY MI April 30 2011 — Bay County prosecutors allege that Tyris D. Bryant opened fire on a citizen who pursued him and three others from a department store where one of the men allegedly stole two Xbox game systems.

Bryant, 21, of Saginaw, and two codefendants — Quentin A. Smith Jr. and Darold C. Cain Jr. — were arraigned today before District Judge Dawn A. Klida.

Klida set a $200,000 bond for Bryant who is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, a 10-year felony; two counts of felony firearm, a two-year felony; felonious assault, a four-year felony; and transporting a loaded firearm in a vehicle, a two-year high court misdemeanor.

Bay County sheriff’s investigators have said the gunman fired five shots from a Colt .38 at a man who gave chase as they fled from the Walmart Supercenter, 3921 E. Wilder Road.

Investigators allege Smith was driving the get-away vehicle.

Smith, 22, of Saginaw, remains jailed on $150,000 bond following his arraignment on charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm; two counts of felony firearms; felonious assault; receiving and concealing stolen firearms, a 10-year felony; carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, a five-year felony; and possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

Cain was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, two counts of felony firearms and felonious assault. He remains jailed on $100,000 bond.

All three suspects requested court-appointed attorneys.

Klida ordered that the defendants have no contact with each other or the civilian who pursued them. If they are released, they are prohibited from going near the Bangor Township Walmart.

A 21-year-old Saginaw man accused of stealing the Xboxes has bonded out of jail and will be arraigned at a later date on misdemeanor retail theft charges.

“He’s out (of jail),” said Bay County Sheriff’s Lt. James Chlebowski. “He bonded out on a misdemeanor charge. He just stole the Xboxes. That’s all this would have been if they just would have stopped when the security guy was going to get them at Walmart. But they escalated it.”

The weapon had been reported stolen from a Bangor Township residence more than 10 years ago, authorities have said.

The suspects were arrested after multiple deputies stopped them at Mackinaw Road and U.S. 10.

Source:MLive.com