John Coffie Jr, 76, was among several people shot inside a house on Saratoga Street near Gratiot Avenue on Detroit’s east side during a late-morning burst of violence on August 6, 2022. Police arrived after reports of shots fired and found one victim outside and others wounded inside; medics took survivors to the hospital. Coffie’s wounds were severe, and he later died on August 17, 2022.

Courtroom testimony described the location as a suspected drug house where people drifted in and out. Survivors said a gunman entered, ordered people down while taking crack cocaine and valuables, and then began firing in close quarters. Two women survived with serious wounds, and three people were killed in total.

Investigators later charged Jony Saad Alatto of Macomb County with entering the home, shooting multiple people, and robbing the residence before fleeing; prosecutors filed counts including felony murder, assault with intent to murder, armed robbery, felon-in-possession, and multiple felony-firearm charges. The case was bound over for trial and moved into the court system.

If anyone knew John Coffie Jr or was in that neighborhood that day, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.