On the evening of Friday, September 25, 2020, Marty Ferris Beal, 55, was fatally shot in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The shooting occurred about 8:20 p.m. on Highland Street SE after police received reports of gunfire. Officers arrived to find a chaotic scene with two male gunshot victims; Beal was one of two people who died. He was taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle and was pronounced dead on arrival. The other victim, 25-year-old Mosi Dehaan Birge, was transported by ambulance and also died.

One of the victims was found inside a residence. The Grand Rapids Police Department opened an investigation and characterized the killings as possibly retaliatory, while noting it was unclear whether Beal or Birge had been the intended targets. No arrests had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified. If anyone has information about the shooting on Highland Street SE that night, please come forward.