On the evening of June 26, 2023, 16-year-old Dallas M. Williams of Ypsilanti was killed in a quadruple shooting on the 800 block of George Place in Ypsilanti Township. The incident, which occurred around 6:30 p.m., also killed 20-year-old Tyrese Burks and left two of Williams’s brothers, ages 14 and 19, seriously injured. Neighbors reported hearing about five gunshots, and reports indicate a fight may have preceded the violence.

Investigators from the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, with community assistance, focused their probe in the days after the shooting. On June 29, a 19-year-old Ypsilanti man, Tamar Louis Lorenzo Young, was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team; officials said the suspect had a prior history of weapons offenses.

The deaths of Dallas Williams and Tyrese Burks deeply affected their families and the local community. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Dallas, please come forward to help the investigation.