Devon M. Todd

DETROIT, MI -- David Todd Sr. believes his son, parolee Devon Todd, should be lauded as a hero, not jailed, he

told a Detroit radio host

Wednesday.

"What the hell, was he suppose to let his brother be killed?" the host of 910 Superstation's "The Jonathan Kinloch Show" posted to Facebook Wednesday. "Those who can help this guy need to get him out ... It speaks to denying people justice because you can. Because they're black and poor."

An armed woman in a frilled miniskirt pulled a gun and shot Devon Todd's brother multiple times in the parking lot of a Detroit gas station about 4:30 a.m. Sunday.

Had Todd not intervened, tackled and disarmed the shooter, things might have been much worse. Todd's brother survived, but Todd ended up in jail for a parole violation.

"He has been lodged at the Detroit Reentry Center while a parole violation specialist examines the case," Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz told MLive by email Wednesday evening. "Once he reviews the entire video, and not just the portion that has been seen in the media, a decision will be made as to whether a parole violation has occurred.

"I have seen the coverage of this and while I have to wait until a decision on the violation is made to say more, what I can say is that it is not a parole violation to defend your family. That is not what this is about."

The shooter, Shamicah Burton, 20, of Detroit is also in jail facing two counts of assault with intent to murder, a count of carrying with unlawful intent; carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm possession.

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Devin Todd was traveling in a vehicle with his two brothers. Officials haven't said what led to the altercation.

David Todd told WJBK-TV, Fox 2 News his son immediately drove his injured brother to the hospital; he then drove to the Detroit Police Department, underwent questioning, turned in Burton's handgun and was released.

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday evening couldn't confirm if Todd had been charged with a parole violation.

Wayne County Circuit Court records show Todd pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and drug possession in 2009; he pleaded guilty to a count armed robbery the following year.