Markel Tyrel Williams, 23, was fatally shot on January 6, 2021, in the parking lot of the Clarion Inn and Suites in Cascade Township, Michigan. Investigators say the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery; Williams was found unresponsive, taken to a nearby hospital, and died of his injuries.

Authorities identified two suspects, Jonqual Ernest Shaw and Devanta Jamari Glasper, described as Black males in their late teens or early 20s. Investigators allege the pair ambushed Williams to steal electronics and personal items, that shots were fired, and that one of the suspects may have been wounded while fleeing.

Both men were charged in Kent County. Shaw was charged January 20, 2021, with felony murder, open murder, armed robbery, and felony firearm. Glasper was charged February 12, 2021, with homicide-open murder, homicide-felony murder, armed robbery, and three counts of felony firearm after being extradited from Arizona.

If anyone witnessed the January 6 incident in the Clarion Inn parking lot or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.