Keyion Sadler was 17 when he was fatally shot on a summer Friday on Detroit’s east side near the intersection of Eastwood, Moross, and Kelly roads. Emergency crews transported him to Henry Ford St. John Hospital, where family members say staff would not allow his mother, Meion Melvin, to see him until detectives arrived. After hours waiting outside, she was told he had died.

The shooting prompted a homicide investigation by Detroit police, but initial reports gave no details about what led to the attack. No suspects had been publicly identified and there were no arrests at the time of the reports. Family and friends described Keyion as loving and caring; community advocates raised concerns about the hospital’s treatment of families of gunshot victims.

Anyone who was on Detroit’s east side that day or who knew Keyion and might have information is asked to come forward.