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Desmond Allante Nelson, 32, was shot and killed during a dispute at a BP gas station on West McNichols Road in Detroit in the early morning of Sunday, July 23, 2023. Surveillance footage shows Nelson arguing with another man around 2:15 a.m., after which a woman known only as Blossom is seen retrieving a gun from a car trunk and handing it to the man; that man then allegedly shot Nelson in the chest. Officers found Nelson on the ground and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detroit police arrested 34-year-old Ricardo Williams on August 9, 2023, charging him with first-degree murder and felony firearm. He was arraigned August 12 and remanded to jail; a judge who viewed the station surveillance described the video as a clear depiction of premeditated murder. Authorities said the woman who supplied the firearm would also face charges.

If anyone was at the BP station that morning or has information about Blossom or the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.