On the evening of Saturday, March 12, 2022, 13-year-old Jamarion McCuller was fatally shot near the 3000 block of 29th Street SE and Radcliff in Kentwood, Michigan. A student at Alger Middle School, he was described as intelligent, kind, and full of life. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. after a vehicle belonging to the father of 31-year-old Justin Amir House was stolen. House, who held a concealed pistol license, pursued the stolen car, located it near Woodland Mall, and confronted six youths. As they fled on foot, House chased them and fired a single shot that struck Jamarion in the back; no weapon was found on Jamarion.

Police apprehended House near the scene. He was released initially but later charged with second-degree murder and a felony firearm offense. The prosecution said House acted out of anger rather than in self-defense and presented evidence that House placed his gun in his glove box and initially reported it stolen. The defense said House believed the teens had tried to run him over and that he thought one of them reached for a gun. After trial, a jury convicted House of second-degree murder and the felony firearm charge in March 2023; at sentencing he received two years for the firearm count and 14 to 40 years for the murder conviction.

Did anyone in the Kentwood area see or hear anything that night that could add detail about the confrontation or the moments before the shooting?