Dennis Mayes Jr., a 24-year-old Black man born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan, was shot and killed on the night of July 10, 2024. Around 10 p.m. he was driving on Mackinaw Road in Saginaw Township with two teenagers when an estimated twenty rounds were fired at the vehicle. Police found the car stopped in the road with its doors open and discovered Mayes fatally wounded inside.

A 15-year-old boy in the back seat suffered a serious abdominal gunshot wound and was taken for emergency surgery; a third occupant fled the scene but was found by officers shortly afterward. Bullets also penetrated a nearby home, narrowly missing the family inside. Investigators located a neighboring residence and identified 15-year-old Jawon Williams as the shooter, alleging he used a rifle and that the incident may have been related to a money dispute. Williams was taken into custody and charged as an adult with open murder, two counts of assault with intent to murder, and multiple felony firearm offenses. Was anyone in the area that night able to see or hear what happened on Mackinaw Road?