Cornell Emuel Squires, 42, was fatally shot in the backyard of his South Electric Street home in southwest Detroit on the morning of December 11, 2023. The assailant then retrieved something from the ground and fled in the same vehicle. His mother discovered him.

Squires was a father of two and is remembered by family as a protector who loved weightlifting, working on rental properties, cooking, foreign cars, video games, music and fashion. No arrests have been announced; law enforcement has released a description of the suspect — wearing a blue hooded sweater, black mask, blue gloves and light gray pants — and the vehicle. Crime Stoppers of Michigan is offering up to a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone saw the dark gray Blazer in that neighborhood or has information about who approached Cornell that morning, please come forward to investigators.