On the evening of October 18, 2021, Benson Linsey, 22, and his girlfriend Marshae Nash, 22, were ambushed and fatally shot while sitting in their car at a Marathon gas station on West Warren Avenue in Detroit. Their 9-month-old son was in the vehicle at the time and was unharmed. Surveillance video from the gas station shows two armed individuals approach the couple’s car, open fire, and flee.

Detroit Police Chief James White described the killings as a targeted hit rather than a random act. Police investigators received public tips that led to arrests two days later, on October 20, 2021; authorities said two suspects were taken into custody and a firearm was recovered.