Police file charges against man accused of killing Ohio boy who threw eggs at passing cars

Police: Man killed Ohio teen throwing eggs at cars

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police say charges have been filed in the 2006 death of an Ohio boy who was killed after he and two others threw eggs at passing cars.

Twenty-two-year-old Michael Gross Jr. faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the slaying of Danny Crawford, who was 14 when he died Dec. 2, 2006, in Columbus.

According to police reports, witnesses say Crawford and the others hit a Jeep Cherokee with eggs shortly after midnight, and a passenger opened fire after the driver of the vehicle chased them. Crawford was hit as he tried to run away.

Police say Gross, of Columbus, is in jail on unrelated charges. No attorney was listed in his court record for the current case.