Lamar Thomas, an 18-year-old Black man from Westland, Michigan, was fatally shot around 1:15 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2025, near the intersection of Packard Street and Platt Road in Ann Arbor. Thomas, a recent high school graduate, was leaving a business outside a strip mall when an exchange of gunfire occurred; he was struck, taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and later died of his wounds. Authorities say they believe the shooting was a targeted act of violence rather than random.

Police on traffic enforcement observed a vehicle speeding away and pursued it; the car crashed into a tree at Platt Road and Lorraine Street minutes later. Three people inside were taken into custody and nearby schools were briefly placed on lockdown while the area was secured. By September 30, 2025, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office had charged 19-year-old Jahmal Jones with open murder, carrying a concealed weapon, converting a semi-automatic firearm to a fully automatic weapon, fleeing and eluding, felony firearm, and two counts of resisting and obstructing a police officer; Jones was denied bond and jailed. The identities of the other two arrested have not been widely publicized.

Anyone with information about Lamar Thomas, the shooting at Packard and Platt, or the vehicle that fled the scene is asked to come forward.