Late on the night of February 3, 2024, 43-year-old Thair Dado was shot and killed outside the All Stars Beverage Liquor Store on West Chicago Boulevard in Detroit while trying to stop his red Hyundai from being stolen. Dado had been taking out the trash when he saw his car being backed out of its parking spot; as he approached, the passenger door opened and occupants fired. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Reports describe the stolen vehicle as having heavy front-end damage.

Dado had immigrated from Iraq about ten years earlier and was working multiple jobs to provide for his family. He was a husband to Zina Francis and a father to their 16-year-old son, Steven, and had recently purchased a new house. Police described the suspects as between 16 and 21 years old; they fled in the stolen car and remained at large. Crime Stoppers and the Chaldean Community Foundation offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone witnessed the theft or the shooting, or has information about the vehicle and its occupants, please come forward to assist the investigation.