On May 3, 2025, Juvan Maurice Newman was shot and killed during a large, violent confrontation in the parking lot of a Foot Locker near Kelly Road and Eight Mile Road in Eastpointe. The fight began about 2:45 p.m. after two groups who had a prior dispute encountered one another. Newman and 18-year-old Steven Edward Gardin Jr. exited a Jeep to join the altercation; Newman reportedly pinned Dejuan Jermain Taylor to the ground when shots were fired.

Prosecutors concluded that the shot that killed Newman was fired by 19-year-old Lakylia Sheila Taylor and met the legal standard for defense of another because Newman was on top of her brother. Lakylia Taylor later surrendered to police and was charged with second-degree murder for Gardin’s death plus multiple firearm and related counts for the other shootings and conduct alleged. Dejuan Taylor was also charged in connection with the scene for tampering with evidence and firearm-related offenses.

Newman and Gardin were taken to a hospital and died of their wounds; Morris-Turner survived. Anyone with information about the incident or who witnessed the confrontation is asked to come forward.