On September 16, 2021 in Lansing, Michigan, 46-year-old Michelle Marie Roper and her daughter Alexis Brown were shot and killed during a domestic dispute that began outside the family home. Brown ran back into the house and warned her mother that she had been shot. Reynolds followed them inside and continued firing, fatally wounding both women. A six-year-old boy who was in the home was struck by gunfire but survived.

Reynolds reportedly fled the scene with two of his and Brown’s young children, prompting an Amber Alert; the children were later located safe at a relative’s home. A manhunt for Reynolds continued after the killings. Two other people, Gavin Anspach and Monea Reynolds, were later implicated in connection with the incident as alleged accessories after the fact.

Are there readers who knew Michelle or Alexis, or who have information about what happened that afternoon?