Gavino Torres was 17 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 6, 2022. Police responded just after 3:00 a.m. to a reported shooting on Wahrman Road in Huron Township and found him with gunshot wounds to his arm and abdomen; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators described the shooting as targeted. Later the same day, 20-year-old Jaylin Julius Colon of Flat Rock turned himself in to the Huron Township Police Department. Police allege Colon produced and fired a handgun, then fled. Colon was charged with second-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon, and felony firearm and was arraigned in 34th District Court with a $100,000 cash/surety bond; a probable cause conference was set for August 17, 2022.

Gavino is remembered by family and friends as a beloved son, grandson, brother, and nephew. If anyone has information about what happened that night on Wahrman Road, please come forward.