On August 9, 2026, two men were shot to death during an after-hours gathering at the Hidden Gem restaurant in Southfield, Michigan. Police were called for gunfire about 3:30 a.m.; 24-year-old Christopher Griffith Jr. was found in a hallway with a fatal wound. Johnny Jackson, 28, a Harper Woods resident who family say had been living in Tennessee, was privately transported to a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to his legs, back and abdomen and was pronounced dead there.

A third man, 31 and from New Haven, suffered a non-life-threatening graze wound but refused to cooperate with investigators. Detectives collected several firearms at the scene, including a handgun belonging to one of the deceased and multiple weapons carried by the restaurant’s armed security; those weapons were sent for ballistic testing. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced and the investigation remains open.

If anyone was at the Hidden Gem that night or has information about the weapons or who might have been involved, please come forward.