DeShawn Parks was 17 when he was killed in Detroit during the first minutes of April 1, 2011. At about 12:35 a.m. he was walking along the 17800 block of Dresden when two armed suspects confronted him, turned the encounter into a robbery, and fatally shot him.

Public appeals described the perpetrators as armed and dangerous and offered a cash reward of up to $3,000 for anonymous tips that lead to a felony arrest. The appeal did not name suspects or report any arrests, charges, trials, or convictions. Little information is given about motive or whether the assailants knew Parks or had targeted that location.

If anyone saw activity on the 17800 block of Dresden around midnight on April 1, 2011, or has information about those two armed individuals, please come forward with what was seen or heard.