A verbal disagreement on Detroit’s west side escalated into a fatal shooting that killed 29-year-old Richard Shorts on June 4, 2024. The confrontation happened in the evening on Warwick Street; responding officers found Shorts lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Police say Shorts was arguing with another man, and 23-year-old Dwaine Thomas Hunt III is accused of stealing a handgun from an unidentified person at the scene and using it to shoot Shorts multiple times. Hunt, a Detroit resident, was arrested on July 1 and later charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, and two counts of felony firearm. He was arraigned and remanded to jail without bond; court dates were set.

Does anyone who lived or was in the Warwick Street area on June 4 remember witnessing the argument or the shooting?