Darryl Yarber, 32, was found shot and killed on the afternoon of November 6, 2023, in the 2000 block of Horton Avenue SE in Grand Rapids’ Burton Heights neighborhood. An autopsy confirmed he died from gunshot wounds. Police treated his killing as a separate incident from two other homicides that occurred in the neighborhood that day.

Investigators say the killing grew out of a long-standing feud and appeared to be retaliatory. Detectives reviewed surveillance video, social media, cellphone records and witness interviews and allege the attack was a targeted execution after a suspect learned Yarber had cooperated with authorities in a 2017 bank robbery case. Authorities arrested Dominike Sterling and Tyriq Bettison in January 2025; Sterling was charged as the alleged shooter and Bettison with conspiracy to commit murder. A judge later found there was enough evidence for trial.

If anyone in Burton Heights or the Horton Avenue area remembers Yarber, his movements that afternoon, or has information about the people involved, please come forward.