A week after leaving prison system, man arrested in Detroit slaying

Correction: The shooting suspect's previous prison term and parole have been corrected in this story. 

Detroit — A 32-year-old man facing murder and gun charges in a fatal shooting last week in Detroit had been released from Michigan's prison system a week earlier after serving his parole, records show.

Anthony Funderburg Jr. faces six felony charges: second-degree murder, three counts of felony firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and evidence tampering.

While Funderburg's case will be heard in Detroit's 36th District Court, he was arraigned over the weekend at 34th District Court in Romulus. The Romulus court handles all weekend arraignments in Wayne County.

Funderburg was denied bond. 

Last week:Woman slain, man arrested in shooting on Detroit's east side

Funderburg is charged in an east side shooting at about 10:50 p.m. Wednesday. Detroit police arrived on the 20500 block of Strasburg, south of East Eight Mile, east of Groesbeck, to find a 32-year-old woman slain. 

Police arrested Funderburg at the scene.

Michigan Department of Corrections record show Funderburg was discharged from prison Feb. 20.

In November 2012, Funderburg pleaded no contest to an armed robbery charge in Oakland County, and was sentenced to a prison term between six years and nine months and 20 years. 

Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz said Tuesday that Funderburg was paroled in February 2019, but was brought in as a parole absconder in May 2020.

He was released back on parole the next month, and remained on parole through Feb. 20.

Funderburg is due in 36th District Court on March 17 for a probable cause conference, and on March 24 for a preliminary examination, both before Judge Kenyetta Stanford Jones.

Funderburg has retained attorney Carla Marable of Southfield, court records show.

Marable said Funderburg insists the shooting was an "accident."

"He called the police. He didn't run, he didn't hide," Marable said.