On July 8, 2023, 17-year-old Coreleon Antonio Gordon was fatally shot on Summit Park Court in Kalamazoo’s Douglass Neighborhood. Officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to reports of gunfire around 2:30 p.m. and found Gordon critically wounded. He received emergency care from officers and paramedics, was taken to a nearby hospital, and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The shooting was Kalamazoo’s 11th fatal shooting of the year.

Witness descriptions at the scene led to the swift detention of a nearby individual identified as 46-year-old Tieshawn Labar Matthews, who was arrested and charged with open murder, felony firearm possession, and carrying a concealed weapon and held without bond. Court filings state that the day before the shooting Matthews and Gordon had a confrontation in which Gordon allegedly pointed a gun at Matthews, and that surveillance footage shows someone matching Matthews’ description standing in front of Gordon just before shots were fired. Testimony at a July preliminary hearing prompted a judge to bind the case over for trial.

If anyone saw activity around Summit Park Court on July 8 or has information about the confrontation the previous day, please share what is known.