Sterling Perryman, a 22-year-old African American man, was killed on May 28, 2012, at 581 East Jefferson Avenue in downtown Detroit. The location is near the Renaissance Center and the Millender Center and the death occurred on Memorial Day, when the area typically has more people out and about. Authorities classified the incident as a homicide and the Detroit Police Department opened an investigation.

Initial investigative efforts sought witnesses and evidence from the busy downtown scene but did not produce an immediate arrest. Official records list the case as unsolved and included in regional cold case databases; no suspects, arrests, charges, or convictions have been reported. If anyone was in the area that Memorial Day or has information about Sterling Perryman’s death, please come forward to assist the investigation.