On November 6, 2023, two young people were found fatally shot and left in the Burton Heights neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Anayia Rodriguez, a 20-year-old Black woman, was discovered on Melville Street SE; 19-year-old Malik Eubanks was found nearby on Horton Avenue SE. Authorities reported both victims had been shot once in the back of the head.

Eubanks’ son, just under three years old, was found wandering alone about a mile away; the child was physically unharmed but had blood on him and was later reunited with his mother. Investigators said the killings appeared targeted rather than random and that a vehicle was likely used to move the victims after they were shot. A car registered to Anayia Rodriguez was found abandoned on Sherman Street shortly after the bodies were discovered. A passerby later found a gun that, along with a bloody jacket, was linked to the killings.

A third person, 32-year-old Darryl Yarber, was also fatally shot in the same neighborhood the same day, though officials have not publicly confirmed a connection between that death and the double homicide. Does anyone with knowledge of that neighborhood or those who knew Anayia or Malik have information that could help investigators?