On the early morning of New Year’s Day 2023, 19-year-old Don David Sawyer was fatally shot on Detroit’s east side after arriving at a New Year’s Eve party near East Warren and East Outer Drive. Witnesses initially thought the rapid gunfire was fireworks; when the truth was clear Sawyer was found face down and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people were wounded and taken to a hospital with injuries they were expected to survive.

Police recovered two firearms from a vehicle at the location, but no arrests were made immediately. The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle and remained unidentified; investigators planned to interview the two wounded individuals for leads. Sawyer’s family remembered him as a loving son, brother, and grandson who enjoyed jokes and playing video games with family and friends.

Does anyone have information about that shooting or the vehicle that fled the scene?