Eniyah M. Hollins, 24, was shot and killed during a street party in Battle Creek, Michigan, on June 27, 2021. Authorities say the shooting occurred in the early morning hours and that investigators believe Hollins was not the intended target.

Ernest McGill was arrested and charged with open murder in connection with Hollins’s death. Prosecutors dropped the murder charge in September 2021 after a key witness could not be found for the preliminary exam; when that witness was later located the murder charge was reinstated. McGill ultimately pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of careless use of a firearm resulting in injury or death and received a sentence of one year and four months to two years. He had already served much of that time while his case was pending and was released after completing the sentence.

The circumstances that led to the plea and the full account of what happened at the party leave questions for the community and Hollins’s family. Anyone with information about the shooting or the events that night is asked to come forward.