On the evening of December 26, 2022, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 23-year-old Mya Kelly, a Black/African American mother of two, was fatally shot at her Canton Street SW home shortly before 10 p.m. Mya was answering a knock at the door when multiple gunshots were fired through it, striking her in front of her boyfriend, Omar Dinneh, and their young children, ages one and three. Dinneh grabbed their son and dove to the floor, later seeing Mya struck by the final bullets before she collapsed.

Investigators identified a suspect, Keyante Newbern, after combining witness descriptions and surveillance footage. A witness reported seeing a man in a distinctive white and gray jacket flee the scene and get into a Dodge Journey; police located the vehicle and its driver, Marquise Welch. Security footage reportedly showed Newbern wearing the same jacket earlier that day, and a rap video filmed on the day of the shooting allegedly showed him holding a 9mm Glock similar to the type used; the murder weapon itself had not been recovered, but ballistics from the scene matched Glock markings. Newbern was arrested in January 2023 and charged with first-degree murder and related firearm offenses; Welch later provided testimony about the events around the shooting. Local businesses and residents raised funds to support Mya’s two young children.