Pontiac- Daniel Austin Hunt says he was drunk and ‘got a kick? out of shooting out windows on two homes on Granger Road last November.
The choices he made on that night have resulted in a prison sentence for him and have changed the victims? lives and his forever. Hunt will serve one to four years in prison for felonious assault and discharge of a firearm toward a building and two years in prison for possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.
‘I hope you understand the extent of damage you’ve done to our home and our lives and yours,? said Meghan Ronk prior to the sentencing of Hunt on March 15 in front of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Wendy L. Potts.
Ronk is the daughter of Terri Frasher and stepdaughter of Steve Frasher, owners of one of two homes shot at by Hunt, 18. She recalled the terror she felt as the home was penetrated by 13 bullets on the night of Nov. 12, many of them while she was in it with her boyfriend, her mother, a cousin and a friend.
Terri Frasher echoed the sentiment as she spoke to Hunt, telling him she still shudders when she hears loud noises and lived in fear until he was caught more than two weeks after the shootings. She was unable to host family gatherings and she and her daughter couldn’t bring themselves to live in the home. Now, the Frashers are planning to move.
‘The only thing I can say is that it is by the grace of God no one was seriously injured or killed,? Terri Frasher said, speaking to Daniel Hunt. ‘I truly believe your guardian angel as well as ours was looking out for us. I hope this tragedy will turn into something good and positive for you. I know this has changed your life, as it has ours, forever.?
Frasher also read a statement from Kristen and Steve Stocking, the Frashers? neighbors.
Kristen Stocking was checking her e-mail in her den about 7:48 p.m., Nov. 12, when two bullets penetrated her house, one missing her by about 18 inches. She ran upstairs to her husband and young sons, screaming the house was being fired upon. When the pair went back downstairs to look at damage, when two more bullets entered the house. They called police and while police were investigating that shooting, Terri Frasher returned home to find a window by her front door shattered by bullets. She left the home, found the police patrolling the road and informed them of what happened.
About two and a half hours later, as police were finishing up their investigation at the Stockings? home, the Frashers? home took the second round of bullets. In all, the two homes had 23 bullets fired at them.
Hunt, who was a senior at Brandon High School, was arrested Dec. 1 after Oakland County Sheriff’s detectives received a tip. A .22 caliber gun obtained from the Hunt property matched the gun used in the shootings and during police interviews, Hunt confessed to shooting at the two homes.
Before being sentenced, Hunt addressed the court.
‘I want to apologize to the victims and my family,? he said. ‘I didn’t want to hurt anyone… Give me a fair sentence and I’ll move on with my life.?
Potts believed his apology to be sincere and told him he was ‘very, very lucky? not to be in court on a murder charge.
The Frashers say they are satisfied with the sentence.
‘I’m satisfied, but it’s too bad,? said Steve Frasher, who built the home with the help of his father three years ago. ‘It was not a quick buy it and live in it. It’s very disappointing. My father was 72 and out there helping me build it. It’s very emotional.?