On the evening of June 4, 2023, 24-year-old Donrell Savontay Patrick Canda was shot and killed while walking toward his residence on Sandalwood Circle in Ann Arbor, Michigan. An acquaintance, 22-year-old Sekou Conde, confronted Canda and opened fire, striking him multiple times. Canda managed to enter his home where his 23-year-old girlfriend and their 3-year-old son were present; Conde followed and continued shooting, and Canda died at the scene. The girlfriend and child were not physically harmed but witnessed the attack.

Law enforcement arrested Conde shortly afterward in a nearby parking lot. Investigators reported the two men knew each other and said the motive appeared to be a dispute over a music album the men had collaborated on, with testimony that Canda had removed Conde’s contributions. Conde’s defense raised mistaken identity during the trial, while prosecutors described a deliberate shooting.

Did anyone in Ann Arbor know Canda or have information about the dispute over the album that might help explain what happened?