On the morning of September 29, 2021, 34-year-old Lance Sutherland was shot and killed in a parking lot in the 6400 block of Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Officers responded about 1:37 a.m. after reports of a shooting and found Sutherland with an apparent gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Investigators say Sutherland was an innocent bystander to a dispute between a 36-year-old man and another individual that escalated when the suspect produced a handgun and fired, striking Sutherland.

Family remembered Sutherland as kind and caring; his mother Garneisha Buford said he had just started an event planning business and had a promising future. About 100 people later gathered for a peaceful protest and candlelight vigil. Detroit police arrested 38-year-old Jovin Morice Taylor on October 13, 2021. The Wayne County Prosecutor charged him with first-degree murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, felon in possession of a firearm and second-degree felony firearm; he was arraigned October 16, 2021, and ordered held in jail.

Did anyone who knew Lance or was in that area that night see something that could help investigators?