On the night of August 23, 2021, a violent encounter in a Romulus liquor store parking lot left 28-year-old Chrevon Rayman Lawrence dead. Police responded shortly after 11 p.m. to Top Shelf Liquor at Eureka and Inkster roads and found Lawrence, a Detroit resident, deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. A gun was found near his body.

Police say the shooting followed an alleged armed robbery that involved Lawrence and two other men; investigators report the man who was robbed drew his own firearm and shot Lawrence. The Romulus Police Department named four persons of interest: 22-year-old Tenaje Gaiter, 26-year-old Joseph Miles, 24-year-old Lajohn Esten Washington, and one unnamed man. Washington was believed to be driving a gray 2015 Ford Fusion, while Gaiter and the unnamed man were said to be in a dark-colored Jeep.

On September 20, 2021, Lajohn Esten Washington was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder for an alleged attempt to shoot an 18-year-old who was at the scene, and two counts of felony firearm. The status of Tenaje Gaiter and Joseph Miles in the investigation has not been publicly disclosed.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Chrevon Lawrence, please come forward.