On the night of March 27, 2021, a gathering at a motel in the 14700 block of 8 Mile Road in Detroit ended in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Otis Coil of Detroit. Police say Coil was among six people at the motel when an argument began and escalated; one of the men allegedly shot and killed him just before midnight.

The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Darryl Henry Johnson, from Georgia. After the shooting, Johnson is accused of pointing a gun at two women and two men who were present, then fleeing the scene; he later surrendered to police. Johnson was charged with first-degree murder in Coil’s death, along with four counts of felonious assault and five counts of felony firearm.

What details about that night or about Otis Coil’s life might help explain how a gathering became deadly, and can anyone who was there or knew him provide information?