On the evening of Saturday, July 29, 2023, 27-year-old Louis Stafford was fatally shot in New Baltimore, Michigan, after a dispute with a coworker he had been helping. Stafford, a manager at a local Taco Bell, had allowed 24-year-old employee Dejon Drake to stay temporarily in his apartment after learning Drake had nowhere to live.

A physical altercation followed; Stafford’s mother says her son fought back and that Drake produced a firearm during the struggle, shooting Stafford. Stafford died at a nearby hospital. Police arrested Drake at the scene and arraigned him in New Baltimore court on Second Degree Murder, Felony Firearm, and Carrying a Concealed Weapon. He was remanded to the Macomb County Jail on $2 million bond, with conditions including a GPS tether and a mental health evaluation.

Does anyone have firsthand information about Stafford’s life in New Baltimore or about what happened that night?