$200,000 Bail Set for Detroit Clerk Who Locked Door Before Customers Were Shot

A gas station remains closed less than a week after a fatal shooting in Detroit, on May 10, 2023. Ed White/AP Photo

DETROIT—A Detroit gas station clerk may have panicked when he locked a door to stop a possible theft before a man shot three bystanders, but he didn’t commit a crime, his lawyer said Friday.

A magistrate set bond at $200,000 for Al-Hassan Aiyash, 22, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a customer. He is accused of being grossly negligent by locking the door when a man tried to leave the gas station with items worth less than $4.