A baby shower on Detroit’s east side turned deadly on the evening of October 15, 2023. Phebian Williams, 53, was shot inside a residence in the 15600 block of Edmore Drive during a dispute that began with a verbal argument and escalated physically. Witnesses say the confrontation involved Williams and a longtime friend, Shawanda Woods, 44, and that Woods produced a handgun and fired a single shot that struck Williams in the neck. Emergency medical personnel pronounced Williams deceased at the scene in the kitchen.

According to accounts of what happened afterward, Woods fled the home, called police to report the shooting, then drove to the Detroit Police Department’s Ninth Precinct to surrender. As she exited her vehicle in the precinct parking lot, Williams’ 36-year-old son, Leandre Devon Love, allegedly struck Woods with his car; Woods was hospitalized in serious condition. Both Woods and Love were taken into custody. Woods has been charged with second-degree murder and felony firearm; Love has been charged with assault with intent to murder and felonious assault and was arraigned on bond.

The dispute at the shower reportedly followed days earlier when Woods accused Williams’ son of a crime and reported it to police, a matter witnesses say helped spark the argument that night.

Did anyone attend the shower or live in the neighborhood who can shed light on events leading up to the shooting?