Defendants facing aggravated discharge of a firearm charges threatened residents of the 12th Street home prior to the Oct. 24 off-campus shooting, according to police information in circuit court documents.

Marc D. Griffin, 21, Chicago, and Crystal P. Lovemore, 19, 1151 Johnson Ave., allegedly made “gun play” a possibility before shots were fired into 1514 12th Street from outside.

Police information included in court dockets said Lovemore was in a relationship with both Griffin and a resident of the 12th Street home where the shooting occurred.

When the resident, Amral L. Johnson, junior sociology major, and Lovemore had a fight two nights prior to the shooting, Johnson said she told him her boyfriend had a gun.

Johnson told police Lovemore said, “I can have you killed.”

Evidence of seven shots fired was found at the scene two nights later, according to police reports.

According to Johnson, a fight occurred between himself, Lovemore and Griffin in Lantz Arena more than an hour before the shooting.

Shots were reported fired at the E-Lot after Lovemore and Griffin left the Arena.

A witness to those shots reportedly saw a suspect running in a gray and red jersey with a gun in his right hand. That witness later told police he was “80 percent sure” a jersey found in Lovemore’s home matched what the suspect was wearing.

Around an hour after the on-campus report, William G. Bumphus, psychology major, reportedly saw the suspect standing behind 1514 12th Street wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and jeans.

Jeff Clemins of Hickory Hills and Kyle E. Hill, Eastern alumnus of Bollingbrook, also reported seeing a male fitting the same description as

Lovemore behind the residence. They also noted seeing a Dodge Intrepid in the alley.

Bumphus said the person in the backyard told him to have his friend come talk.

Shortly after Bumphus arrived, according to Hill and Johnson’s reports, Griffin tapped the gun on the kitchen window and said, “Do you want to gun play?”

Hill’s report said a shot was heard shortly afterward and the occupants hit the floor, they all reported hearing five to seven shots fired.

When the shots ceased, according to Hill, the Intrepid was no longer in the alley.

A few minutes later, Charleston Police Department officers Giordano and Peterson found Griffin and Lovemore in an Intrepid near Domino’s Pizza on Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street.

Following their arrest, police brought the house’s occupants to the arrest scene, where Griffin and Lovemore were identified as the suspects seen behind the home.

City Editor Carly Mullady can be reached at [email protected].