Lorenzo Gaines, 30, was fatally shot on July 13, 2021, at Chalmers Banquet Hall on Detroit’s east side. The shooting occurred in the early hours of a Monday when an apparent dispute escalated and gunfire was exchanged; a perpetrator fired into the venue. Gaines, a father of two, died and five other people aged 26 to 46 were wounded.

Gaines had previously been wounded in an earlier shooting that left him wheelchair-bound after he reportedly defended a woman from harassment. He was remembered as a positive presence in his neighborhood who spent time with local children playing basketball and video games.

Police arrested a 30-year-old Detroit man, Samuel Tipton, and charged him with one count of first-degree murder in Gaines’s death and five counts of assault with intent to murder for the injured victims. Does anyone have information about that night at Chalmers Banquet Hall or about Lorenzo’s life in the neighborhood?