On a Thursday evening in Detroit, two-year-old Brison Romelo Christian was riding in his family’s black Ram pickup on I-75 after his brothers’ basketball practice when unknown assailants opened fire. The truck was hit by multiple rounds in what authorities described as a case of mistaken identity. Brison, who liked Spongebob and Oreo cookies, was shot in the head and died at a nearby hospital; his nine-year-old brother was wounded in the arm and treated.

Within days investigators identified and arrested two suspects, 19-year-old Darius Evonte Lanier and 21-year-old Eugene Meredith Hubbard. Prosecutors charged them with counts including first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder, and multiple firearm offenses. Court testimony and evidence presented at trial described the shooters aiming at the family’s truck after mistaking it for another vehicle.

Anyone who saw the shooting on I-75 or who knew the Christian family is asked to share information that could help clarify what happened.