On a December afternoon in 2020, 38-year-old Jason Foster was found shot to death inside his car parked in front of his home on Rein Street in Eastpointe, Michigan. Police were called around 3 p.m. on December 9 after reports of multiple gunshots. Investigators recovered 18 shell casings from two different caliber weapons at the scene, indicating a violent attack.

The investigation developed into a complex inquiry after detectives learned Foster had previously dated a woman named Delenia Howell and that they shared children. Police discovered Howell’s current boyfriend had been murdered in Detroit the day before Foster was killed, and investigators treated Foster as a possible suspect in that Detroit killing. That connection led authorities to consider retaliation as a possible motive.

A few months after the shooting, Eastpointe police announced arrests of six people charged with first-degree homicide in Foster’s death. If anyone knew Foster, his family, or saw activity on Rein Street that afternoon, please share information with investigators.