On the morning of July 21, 2024, Corporal Mohamed Said, a 23-year-old Melvindale Police Department officer with 14 months on the force, was shot and killed while responding to a call about suspicious activity near a car wash at Oakwood Boulevard and Dix Road. Body camera footage shows Said told a man to pick up a cigarette; when the man, identified as Michael Lopez, refused and fled, Said pursued and deployed his Taser. During a struggle the suspect produced a handgun and fired, fatally wounding the officer; the assailant then fled on a stolen bicycle.

A multi-agency manhunt involving Melvindale police, Michigan State Police, the ATF, and U.S. Marshals led to the arrest of 44-year-old Michael Lopez in Southwest Detroit the next day. Lopez had been paroled about a month earlier after serving more than a decade in prison and was accused of committing an armed robbery at an AutoZone the day before the shooting. He was charged with multiple offenses including homicide-murder of a peace officer and weapons and drug counts; a judge found there is sufficient evidence for him to stand trial. A detective testified Lopez admitted he intentionally shot Corporal Said because he did not want to return to jail.

Does anyone have information about Corporal Said, his patrol area that day, or what they saw around Oakwood and Dix on July 21?