In the early morning of September 19, 2015, James Gemes, known to his loved ones as Booze, left a friend’s house on Rutherford Street after borrowing a phone and making a call. He departed in a hurry, and shortly afterward gunfire was heard in the neighborhood. At about 2:50 a.m. Gemes was found at the intersection of Prevost and Keeler streets, suffering multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene.

Gemes was described by family as a loving, family-oriented man who enjoyed fishing and spending time with relatives and was the only son in his family. Crime Stoppers of Michigan offered a cash reward for anonymous tips that could lead to an arrest, and Gemes’s family publicly appealed for information. No suspects or arrests have been reported in connection with his shooting.

Did anyone in the neighborhood that night see Gemes between the Rutherford Street house and Prevost and Keeler, or hear anything that could help resolve who was responsible?