Martinez Bowers, a 59-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed in Detroit after a June 3, 2013 meeting that had been arranged so two individuals could buy a firearm from him. What began as an attempted business transaction reportedly turned into a robbery, and during the course of that robbery Bowers was fatally shot. The two people who met with him fled the scene and their identities remain unknown to the public.

Detroit Police investigated the killing, including follow-up by units that handle cold cases, but investigators reported limited physical evidence and little witness cooperation. No arrests have been announced and no one has been publicly named or charged in the killing, leaving the case unsolved.

If anyone knew Martinez Bowers, was in Detroit that day, or has information about the meeting or the two people who arrived to buy a gun, please come forward to assist the investigation.