On the evening of Thursday, October 24, 2024, 21-year-old Diontae DeMarcus Calvin Lorenzo Levell Laury Jr. was found lying in the roadway at the intersection of Douglass and Youmans streets in Saginaw, Michigan. Police responded to a call around 8:15 p.m. and discovered Laury Jr. had sustained multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Born in Saginaw on January 5, 2003, to Denise Barnes and Diontae Laury, Sr., Laury Jr. had lived in the city his whole life. Family remembered him as God-fearing with a beautiful smile, willing to help others, a devoted father to his daughter Milana, an employee at a McDonald’s on Dixie Highway, and someone who helped his grandfather with lawn care.

The investigation is ongoing. Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects, and no arrests have been announced; motive and full circumstances of the shooting have not been released. If anyone knew Diontae Laury Jr., saw activity around Douglass and Youmans on the evening of October 24, or has information that could help, please come forward.