On the evening of August 2, 2025, 20-year-old Leothis Daniels was shot and killed near Stoepel Park on Detroit’s west side. Daniels and a friend, 20-year-old Julian Hill, had arranged to meet an acquaintance to smoke marijuana when the meeting turned violent. Joshua Watts, 20, allegedly opened fire on the vehicle carrying Daniels and Hill. Both men were struck and taken to a nearby hospital; Daniels died of his wounds.

The Detroit Police Department identified Joshua Watts as the primary suspect. He was later arrested by the Michigan State Police in connection with a separate shooting that occurred after the incident involving Daniels. Watts was charged with multiple felonies, including one count of first-degree premeditated murder for Daniels’s death, causing death by discharging a firearm from a vehicle, causing injury by discharging a firearm from a vehicle, assault with intent to murder, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, and five counts of felony firearm.

Are there witnesses or local residents who recall the events near Stoepel Park that evening and can provide information to investigators?