In the early morning hours of June 26, 2021, 33-year-old Gerryon Marcreese Kye Sr. was fatally shot in his Rose Street home in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kye was in a second-floor bedroom with a female acquaintance when two masked men entered and demanded money. After the intruders located some cash, they shot Kye in the leg and chest and fled; the female witness was not physically harmed and cooperated with police.

Investigators identified two Black male suspects, one significantly taller than the other, and for months the case made little public progress while Kye’s family appealed for information. Kye was remembered as caring and outgoing who enjoyed time with his children and family; his younger brother had been shot multiple times at the same Rose Street residence two months earlier but survived.

In December 2023 Isaiah Willhite was arrested and charged with felony murder, two counts of felony firearm, and first-degree home invasion. A Glock recovered from Willhite’s vehicle was ballistically matched to bullets recovered from Kye. A second man who entered the home remains at large and the investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone in the Kalamazoo area see or hear anything the morning of June 26, 2021 that could help identify the second intruder?