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JUNE 21, 2023 Vol. 34, No. 13
SPOTLIGHT ON SENIOR LIVING STARTS ON 8A Sterling man sentenced for 2020 barber shop murder BY ERIC CZARNIK eczarnik@candgnews.com
You can’t walk on it, but residents can check out Sterling Heights’ new “trail” inside the Sterling Heights Community Center. Oak Park artist Mary Gilhuly recently combined her talents with those of Sterling Heights residents and community members in making a mosaic mural called “Share the Trail.”
A Sterling Heights man was sentenced June 7 for committing murder as well as a felony firearm crime at a Sterling Heights barber shop in 2020, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. In Macomb County Circuit Court, Judge Edward Servitto sentenced David Kanouna, 33, to 22 1/2 to 50 years of imprisonment for second-degree murder, as well as a two-year sentence for felony firearm, the Prosecutor’s Office said. Those sentences are consecutive. Earlier this year, Kanouna pleaded guilty to those crimes. Second-degree murder can carry a penalty up to life imprisonment, while the other crime carries a mandatory two years, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. According to prosecutors, Kanouna fatally shot Sharaz Hussain June 13, 2020, at The Barber Co., located along Mound Road, near Fox Hill Drive. Records from the MiCOURT database reveal that
See MURAL on page 21A
See KANOUNA on page 15A
NEW MURAL PROVES THAT CITY’S PUBLIC ART ISN’T TRAILING OFF BY ERIC CZARNIK eczarnik@candgnews.com
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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ABOVE: A dahlia is depicted as part of the new “Share the Trail” mural at the Sterling Heights Community Center, which was revealed to the public June 6. TOP: The mural is divided into multiple parts.