In the early morning hours of March 31, 2022, a family dispute in a Detroit home on Sussex Street ended when 23-year-old Dazion Zachary was found in the basement with a fatal gunshot wound to his chest. Emergency medical responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators allege Dazion’s older brother, 32-year-old Christopher Johnson, fired a handgun through a closed door inside the house, striking and killing his sibling. Authorities described the event as a family altercation; the specific motive has not been publicly detailed. Johnson was taken into custody and charged by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office with second-degree murder, discharge in or at a building causing death, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony firearm. He was arraigned April 4, 2022, and remanded to jail, with a probable cause conference set later that month.

If anyone knew Dazion or has information about what led to that night’s violence, please share what you know.