A dispute over a bicycle on Detroit’s east side ended in the death of 13-year-old Craig Patterson. Patterson was fatally shot on March 16, 2023, on Frankfort Street; his older brother was also wounded in the incident.

Neighborhood surveillance and doorbell cameras captured the events leading up to the shooting. Video presented at a preliminary court examination showed two individuals, identified as Christian Malon and Tashawn McDowell, approaching the Patterson brothers, a verbal exchange about the bicycle, and then a gun being produced and fired as the suspects fled.

Detroit homicide detectives used that chain of video evidence to identify and arrest Malon and McDowell. McDowell has been charged with Craig Patterson’s murder; both defendants are moving through the court process. If anyone saw the encounter on Frankfort Street or has additional footage, please share information with investigators.