In the pre-dawn hours of August 3, 2020, shots were fired from outside an apartment at the Wells Villa Apartments on Woodcliffe Drive in Muskegon Heights. Seventeen-year-old Jakari Robertson was struck and killed; his 14-year-old brother was also shot and taken to hospital with serious injuries. Responding officers arrived after a call just before 3 a.m.

Jakari had been released weeks earlier from the Muskegon County Jail on a $250,000 bond while facing an open murder charge in the June 15, 2020, shooting death of 17-year-old Aquae Keyes at the Clarion Inn on Seaway Drive; prosecutors said they had eyewitness and video surveillance. After Jakari’s death the murder charge against him was dismissed.

The Muskegon Heights Police Department opened an active investigation and appealed for information, but no suspects were taken into custody and there have been no announced arrests or identifications tied to Jakari’s homicide. If anyone has information that could help identify who fired into the apartment that morning, please come forward.