5-24-2008 Iowa:On the day Victoria Jones buried her murdered son Dane Howard in 2000, her oldest son was arrested for sexually abusing a teenager.
That son, Hano Bailey, always kept to himself, was a loner, she said. That is why it is hard for her to believe that he, too, was shot to death late Thursday in what police are describing as a targeted attack.
Bailey had been out of prison on that sex abuse charge for just a couple of months.
“I couldn’t understand when they said someone jumped out of a car and sprayed all those bullets,” Jones said. “The only thing he’s been doing is going to work and coming home. Any of my other sons, I would expect something like that to happen.”
Bailey was shot while walking into his job as a dishwasher at the IHOP on 53rd Street in Davenport about 11 p.m. He died in surgery early Friday morning at Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street, Davenport.
Bailey, a registered sex offender who was released from the Anamosa State Penitentiary on March 5, was shot several times by an assailant who got out of a dark-colored car driven up near the front door of the restaurant. The gunman shot the victim, returned to the car and fled.
Investigators are interviewing witnesses, including customers and employees, said Capt. David Struckman of the Davenport Police Department. They also are reviewing video surveillance from IHOP and surrounding businesses.
The IHOP is far from the central-city area now targeted by police because of increased violence. Bailey’s most recent address at 1125 Iowa Ave., however, is in that targeted area.
The restaurant was open Friday morning, with fluorescent green spray paint marking the driveway.
Bailey has a criminal record that stretches back several years. He was convicted of third-degree sex abuse in 2001 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was charged after having sex with a 15-year-old girl at his apartment. He was 33 years old at the time.
Bailey also has convictions for assault, theft and eluding.
His most recent arrest was on May 9 on a drug possession charge. He was at a convenience store at 12th and Brady streets about 10:30 p.m. that night when he was approached by police officers. He threw a plastic bag containing approximately 2½ grams of marijuana to the sidewalk.
The convenience store is a block away from where one of his cousins, Vincelina Howard, 19, lost her life in August 2006, during a drive-by shooting.
Bailey is the son of Jones and the late Hano Bailey III, who died in 2001 at the East Moline Correctional Center while serving a 15-year sentence for criminal sexual assault out of Adams County.
His half brother, Dane Howard, 17, was shot and killed in October 2000. Two other brothers, Quinton Howard and Dennis Bailey, are in prison on drug charges.
Bailey’s shooting was the fourth in Davenport in a week.
One week ago, Jeremy Booth, 22, was shot in the leg in the 300 block of East 14th Street. Phillip Bogan was charged with interference with official acts; Travis Rush, 17, of Davenport is the accused gunman and is charged with willful injury with serious injury; and Kelsey Reitz, 19, of Davenport is charged with felony eluding.
On Sunday, Kevin Bogan, 18, was shot in the back in the 800 block of East 15th Street. He is Phillip Bogan’s brother. Lewis Lonedale Lee, 20, of Davenport, is charged with going armed with intent and willful injury with serious injury. Roylee Richardson, 17, is wanted for willful injury with serious injury.
On Monday, several shots were fired just north of Central High School about 4:30 p.m. Officers found evidence of the shooting in the form of spent shell casings and damage to two cars. One of the cars belongs to a Central teacher. It had five bullet holes in it, police said. A second car, which was going east on 12th, also sustained damage, according to police.
There were no injuries in the incident, which Mayor Bill Gluba characterized as three people “emptying” a .40-caliber pistol on a targeted victim.
Services for Bailey are pending. ..more.. Ann McGlynn
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Police: Shooting may be linked to alleged sexual encounter
5-30-2008:
The shooting death of a Davenport man in front of the International House of Pancakes may be related to an alleged sexual encounter years ago between the man and a girl related to the alleged gunman, a police spokesman said.
Hano Bailey, 41, was shot as he walked into work as a dishwasher last week. He was released from prison in March after serving seven years on a separate sex abuse charge.
Two Davenport men, Oliver Litt Jr., 34, of 1140 E. 37th St., Apt. 101, and Alfred Demond Brown, 33, of 430 W. 13th St., each are charged with first-degree murder. They were arrested at their homes Thursday. They made their initial appearances Friday morning and are being held at the Scott County Jail on $1 million bond.
According to the arrest affidavits, Brown drove to the IHOP, 3035 E. 53rd St., where he and Litt waited for Bailey to arrive.
When Bailey got to the restaurant, Litt got out of the car and allegedly shot Bailey five times at close range with a handgun. After the shooting, Brown and Litt fled. Brown also helped Litt get rid of the handgun.
The gun has not been found, officials said. Police have recovered a car believed to be involved in the case.
Four detectives, Kyle Chisholm, Mark Dinnewith, Rick Voy and Brett Morgan, have worked the case “nonstop,” Capt. David Struckman said.
First-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison under Iowa law.
Both Brown and Litt have criminal records.
Bailey, too, had a criminal record. He was convicted of third-degree sex abuse in 2001 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was charged after having sex with a 15-year-old girl at his apartment. He was 33 at the time. Bailey also had convictions for assault, theft and eluding.
His most recent arrest was on May 9 on a drug possession charge. He was at a convenience store at 12th and Brady streets about 10:30 p.m. that night when he was approached by police officers. He threw a plastic bag containing approximately 2½ grams of marijuana to the sidewalk.
The convenience store is a block away from where one of his cousins, Vincelina Howard, 19, lost her life in August 2006 during a drive-by shooting.
Bailey is the son of Victoria Jones and the late Hano Bailey III, who died in 2001 at the East Moline Correctional Center while serving a 15-year sentence for criminal sexual assault out of Adams County, Ill.
His half brother, Dane Howard, 17, was shot and killed in October 2000. Two other brothers, Quinton Howard and Dennis Bailey, are in prison on drug charges. ..Source.. by Ann McGlynn
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Litt found guilty of murder in IHOP slaying
3-7-2009 Iowa:
A Davenport man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of another in the parking lot of the International House of Pancakes in May.
It took a Scott County jury less than 90 minutes Friday to find Oliver Litt Jr. guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Hano Bailey IV, 41.
Litt’s co-defendant, Alfred Brown, also was on trial in a separate courtroom this week in Scott County District Court. Brown’s jury will begin deliberating Monday morning.
After the verdict in the Litt trial was read, family members and friends who came late and learned of the verdict began screaming in the courtroom. The fracas moved out into the hallway and was heard in the adjoining Brown trial, which was in closing arguments. A request for a mistrial by Brown’s attorney, David Morrison, was denied.
Bailiffs moved the group into the elevator, still screaming. They emerged on the first floor, and the commotion continued down the hallway and into the parking lot. When a fight appeared to be erupting, authorities brought out stun guns. Scott County’s K-9, Ares, came out to the scene as well. Eventually, the crowd dispersed.
Abraham Jones, a relative of the victim, said Litt got what he deserved.
“He killed (Bailey) like a punk, he got sentenced like a punk,” Jones said.
Litt will be sentenced to the mandatory life-in-prison-without-parole sentence on April 2.
Litt shot Bailey five times at close range with a handgun as Bailey was walking into work as a dishwasher at the restaurant at 11 p.m. on May 22. Litt then fled in a blue Buick Riviera. Several people inside the restaurant witnessed at least portions of the incident.
Brown, authorities allege, was driving the car.
Officials have said Litt was upset with Bailey because he thought Bailey sexually abused one of Litt’s relatives years earlier. Bailey was released from prison in March 2008 after serving seven years on a separate sex abuse charge.
During closing arguments in Brown’s trial Friday, Assistant Scott County Attorney Amy DeVine told the jury that Litt and Brown literally stalked the IHOP waiting for Bailey to arrive for his shift. Brown also is facing a charge of first-degree murder.
Showing the jury video from the IHOP’s security camera, DeVine said the car in which Brown and Litt were riding could be seen circling the restaurant and then parking in the lot of the former Fuddruckers restaurant.
When Bailey arrived for his 11 p.m. shift, she said, the Buick Riviera that she said Brown was driving pulled up in front of the restaurant. Litt then got out the car and shot Bailey five times.
The pair drove into Illinois and ditched the gun, she said.
Regardless of whether Bailey actually assaulted Litt’s relative, DeVine said, “That is not a justification for murder. That is their motive for murder. This murder was planned and premeditated.
“They took it upon themselves to become Hano Bailey’s judge, jury and executioners. That’s not allowed. That’s not the kind of society we live in.”
Morrison countered that prosecutors have no corroborating evidence that Brown was a willing participant in the killing. In fact, he said, there is no witness that can say positively Brown drove the car that night.
The one witness that identified a driver at the scene told police the driver was a “muscley guy with shoulder-length braids in his hair,” Morrison said. Brown, he added, is not a big muscle guy nor does he have hair for braids.
Morrison said that Brown was frightened of Litt and was a participant only in that he feared for his life. Litt, he added, holds Brown partially responsible for the sexual assault of Litt’s relative because Bailey allegedly assaulted the female at Brown’s home.
Litt, also known as “Big O,” approached Brown as Brown was walking up Scott Street.
“He drove up to Brown and said, ‘Hey, let me holler at ya.’” Litt at that time was upset about the alleged sexual assault, he was armed and Brown was afraid of him.
“Alfred’s story to the police never changes,” Morrison said. “The song remains the same. He didn’t approve or agree to anything. Litt forced him to get into the car. There is no evidence to contradict that.” ..Source.. by Quad-Cities Times
