Michael Richard Powers, 42, was shot and killed in Kalamazoo in the early hours of May 28, 2025. Known to friends and family as outgoing and kind-hearted, he enjoyed spending time with loved ones and watching football and baseball. Around 1:30 a.m. near Riverview Drive and East Paterson Street, officers responding after a citizen flagged them down and multiple 911 callers reported gunfire found Powers with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and abdomen. Emergency personnel performed CPR and transported him to a local hospital, but he was pronounced dead at 3:16 a.m.

Shell casings were recovered at the scene. Investigators identified a suspect, 28-year-old Anthony Shawn-Tyrone Thomas, who was arrested on June 1 and arraigned June 2 on charges including open murder, two counts of felony firearm, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and carrying a concealed weapon; he was denied bond and remains in custody. Detectives have not released a motive.

Has anyone in Kalamazoo seen or heard anything around Riverview Drive and East Paterson Street that night that could help investigators?