In the early morning hours of January 18, 2016, 24-year-old Darrin Wyatt was shot multiple times after answering a noise at a home on Vancourt Avenue in Detroit. He was struck while descending the stairs as he went to investigate the sound and died before he could be taken to hospital. Seven people were in the house at the time, including his 3-year-old daughter and his grandmother; the shooting happened as he tried to protect his family.

Wyatt was a Western International High School graduate who played on the football team, was studying business management at Michigan State University, and worked in logistics while planning to start a maintenance business. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Investigators have said the shooter or shooters may have fled in a dark-colored, mid-sized vehicle; Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone in the Detroit area remembers activity around Vancourt Avenue that night or has information about a dark-colored, mid-sized vehicle, please come forward.