DeLeon L. Rodgers

SAGINAW, MI — A Saginaw man will stand trial on five felonies in connection with a December shooting in which he also was shot.

Saginaw County District Judge Terry L. Clark on Tuesday, May 28, concluded the preliminary hearing for Eulis D. Tolliver by ruling that prosecutors showed probable cause to take him to trial in Circuit Court.

Tolliver, 26, is charged in the Dec. 15 shooting of DeLeon L. Rodgers at Rodgers' house at 916 N. Mason between Miller and West Holland.

Tolliver is charged with assault with intent to murder or, in the alternative, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder or, in the alternative, felonious assault (or assault with a dangerous weapon). He also is charged with carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, carrying a concealed weapon, and two counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Prosecutors added the second felony firearm charge at the conclusion of Tolliver's hearing.

A bond recommendation filed by Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Patrick Duggan states that Tolliver and Rodgers are dating sisters. Tolliver came to Rodgers' home that night, armed with a .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun with a “high capacity magazine,” “purportedly to make peace with (Rodgers) over a prior problem,” Duggan wrote.

Tolliver “convinced (Rodgers) to let him in the home, at which time (Tolliver) pulled out the pistol and pointed it at (Rodgers),” Duggan wrote. “A struggle ensued, during which (Rodgers) was shot in the abdomen.”

Rodgers then grabbed a .380-caliber pistol and “used it on (Tolliver) in self-defense, shooting (him) in the head.”

Since the incident, Duggan wrote, Rodgers has reported drive-by shootings by Tolliver, including a March 20 incident “which (Rodgers) claimed necessitated (him) again shooting at (Tolliver) in defense of (his) home and family.”

Rodgers, 31, is charged with discharging a firearm in a building and possessing a firearm as a felon in that incident.

Tolliver, who last lived at 4000 Harold, Apt. 222, had remained jailed on a $97,500 bond. After adding the second felony firearm charge, Clark added $5,000 to that amount.

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