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On a Friday morning in October 2013, 62-year-old Pastor James Blade was fatally shot during a robbery at a bank drive-thru on Detroit’s east side. He had pulled his iridescent pink BMW up to the ATM shortly before 10 a.m. when an unknown assailant approached the passenger side and fired at least six shots into the car. The attacker then went to the driver’s side, pulled Blade from the vehicle, pistol-whipped him, rifled his pockets, and fled.

Police described the suspect as a Black male about 5 feet 9 inches tall wearing a red hoodie with black pockets. Detectives reviewed surveillance footage and investigated a possible link to an armed robbery at a credit union about 30 minutes earlier in which a retired sheriff’s deputy was targeted. No public announcement of an arrest or identification of a suspect has been made.

Anyone who knew Pastor Blade, saw the iridescent pink BMW that morning, or has information about the red-hoodie assailant is asked to come forward.