O'Reilly Auto Parts suspects plead guilty to murder

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Two women charged with killing an O'Reilly Auto Parts store manager during a robbery pleaded guilty Friday morning.

Shawnta Sharee Anderson, 23, and Eboni Monae McEwen-Ross, 28, each pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, while armed robbery charges were dismissed.

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On Nov. 1, 2017, 23-year-old Shawnta Anderson is accused of entering an O'Reilly Auto Parts Store in the 16800 block of Schaefer in Detroit and pointing a handgun at an employee, ordering him to get on the floor. She then allegedly ordered another employee to open the register. 

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Then the store manager, James Haller Junior, came from the back of the store, and one of the women shot him in the head with a handgun, killing him.

A third suspect, 39-year-old Leviticus Butler, is charged with one count of accessory after the fact, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years. 

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Haller was a retired General Motors employee who took on the job at O'Reilly Auto Parts to keep busy. He was also a Vietnam veteran who always tried to protect others. 

"Words can't describe how I feel. They took my father away from me. He raised me. He raised other kids in the neighborhood. All-around good man," his son, James Haller III said. "He was on his way home. He camr out the back, and that happens."