A large gathering on Shoppers Lane near South Riverview Drive in Parchment turned deadly in the early hours of March 16, 2025, when gunfire broke out. Xzavier D. Harris, a 21-year-old Black male from Kalamazoo, was found inside a building with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital and did not survive. Police described the shooting as targeted and said Harris and the person or people responsible were believed to have known each other.

In the weeks that followed investigators treated the incident as a homicide and sought witnesses who had been at the gathering. Prosecutors later charged Richard Lee Rogers Jr., described as 19 at the time, with open murder, felony firearm and carrying a concealed weapon; he was denied bond as the court process continued. The case’s emotional toll surfaced during court: after a probable-cause conference for Rogers a fight erupted at the Pratt Courthouse, and deputies arrested three people in connection with the confrontation.

If anyone was at the gathering on Shoppers Lane that night or has information about what happened, please come forward.