On the evening of March 30, 2026, a burst of gunfire in a Detroit neighborhood left 20-year-old David Gary Martin Jr. dead. The shooting occurred around 9:59 p.m. near Margareta Street and Prest Street. Officers found Martin inside his vehicle after it had careened into a home on Sussex Street a short distance from where the shots were fired; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators say Martin attempted to flee after being shot but lost control of his car, resulting in the crash that followed the shooting.

In the days after the killing three Detroit teenagers were arrested. Seventeen-year-old Keyonte Johnson and 18-year-olds Taiwan Nathaniel Jody Robinson and Tadario Thomas Derwin Sims face charges brought by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. Johnson and Sims were charged with Premeditated First-Degree Murder, Felony Firearm, and Carrying a Concealed Weapon; Robinson was charged with Premeditated First-Degree Murder, Felony Firearm, and Third-Degree Fleeing. All three were arraigned in 36th District Court and remanded to jail, with a Probable Cause Conference set for April 13, 2026, and a Preliminary Examination set for April 20, 2026. The charges are allegations and the accused are presumed innocent.

Did anyone in the area hear or see activity near Margareta and Prest Streets that night or know anything about the people involved?