Suspect in tried arson of MLK Jr’s delivery house is adorned US Navy veteran

The lady accused of tried arson on the delivery house of Martin Luther King Jr. is a adorned army veteran, in keeping with officers.

Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, 26, is a veteran floor warfare specialist of the U.S. Navy and obtained a number of awards throughout her service.

Henderson obtained a nationwide protection service medal and good conduct medal throughout her service. She was additionally given the Navy “E” ribbon amongst different awards.

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Laneisha Shantrice Henderson (Atlanta Police Division)

Henderson has been charged with tried arson and interfering with authorities property after she was seen on digicam pouring the flammable liquid out of a giant pink gasoline container and onto the porch of the historic wood property at round 5:45 p.m. Thursday.

The footage additionally reveals the girl — who was wearing all-black clothes — dousing vegetation and emptying the liquid towards the home windows of the Auburn Avenue home, which is positioned simply blocks from the King Middle, King Nationwide Historic Park and the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. 

She was stopped in her tracks by two vacationers after which apprehended by two off-duty NYPD cops till Atlanta police arrived on the scene and arrested her. 

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Laneisha Shantrice Henderson pouring what seems to be gasoline into vegetation on the house of Martin Luther King Jr.’s delivery house in Atlanta, Georgia. (Storyful)

Zachary Eugene Kempf, from Utah, who shot the surprising video and is likely one of the two vacationers who stopped Henderson, mentioned he was in Atlanta for work causes when he determined to go to the home. He started recording this footage as he observed the girl pouring gasoline round the home.

The video additionally reveals one of many NYPD cops holding Henderson down on the bottom along with her arms behind her again. She is then escorted away by Atlanta police wanting glum and never saying something.

“If the witnesses hadn’t been right here and interrupted what she was doing, I imply, it may have been a matter of seconds earlier than the home was engulfed in flames,” mentioned Atlanta Fireplace Battalion Chief Jerry DeBerry. 

Laneisha Shantrice Henderson being arrested for trying to set hearth to the house of Martin Luther King Jr.’s delivery house in Atlanta, Georgia (Storyful)

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He continued, “It was actually concerning the timing and the witness being in the best place on the proper time. We’re going to have the ability to mitigate this with no harm to the property in any respect.”

The house is at present beneath renovation and closed to guests till 2025.

King’s delivery house, a framed two-story Queen Anne-style construction, was in-built 1895 and performed an important function in commemorating the early lifetime of the civil rights chief and his siblings. 

Fox Information Digital’s Michael Dorgan and Landon Mion contributed to this report.