Brandon David Zaner, 38, was fatally shot on the night of December 21, 2024, in Warren, Michigan. Zaner was working a shift at Bray’s Hamburgers that evening and walked across the street shortly after 10 p.m. to a Shell gas station at Nine Mile and Dequindre roads to buy a cup of coffee. While sitting in the parking lot and looking at his phone he exchanged words with an irate man, then the man left. About 15 minutes later the same man returned armed, struck Zaner in the face, started a physical altercation, and fired a single shot into Zaner’s chest. Zaner was taken to a hospital where he died. He was a father of a 12-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter and had just texted his mother about holiday plans shortly before the encounter.

Surveillance footage from the gas station identified a suspect, who was arrested roughly 12 hours after the shooting. The suspect was charged with second-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of felony firearm; bond was denied at arraignment. Does anyone who was in the Nine Mile and Dequindre area that night or who knew Brandon have information to share?