On the evening of June 27, 2025, a drive-by shooting at Skinner Playfield in Detroit killed 18-year-old Daviyon Shelmonson-Bey and 4-year-old Samir Josiah Grubbs, and wounded a 17-year-old. The shooting occurred about 6:20 p.m. near Denby High School while families and children were at the park. Daviyon’s father said he was told Daviyon jumped in front of a bullet to protect another child.

Authorities say the attack grew out of an earlier dispute on a bus, where someone allegedly took a ski mask from one of the suspects; neither Daviyon nor the other young victims were involved in that altercation. Detroit police identified and arrested two suspects on July 2, 2025: 18-year-old Brandon Lee Ware and 19-year-old William McKinley Wheeler.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged both men with two counts of first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder, counts for discharge from a vehicle causing death and causing serious injury, and multiple felony firearm counts. Both were remanded to the Wayne County Jail after arraignment. Does anyone who was at Skinner Playfield that evening have information that could help investigators?