On the evening of November 15, 2021, Laron Donta Henning, 34, was shot on the 1700 block of Smith Avenue in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputies were called about 6:30 p.m.; Henning was found with multiple gunshot wounds and later died at a nearby hospital.

Police identified a suspect at the scene and took a 27-year-old man, Gary Demonn Chambers, into custody in connection with the shooting. Chambers was charged with open murder and held at the Washtenaw County Jail on $500,000 bond as proceedings began.

There are few public details about motive or what led to the shooting. Anyone who saw activity on Smith Avenue that evening or has information about Henning’s death is asked to come forward.