Martell Deon-Daajon Phillips was 23 when he was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon, July 15, 2020, near Wealthy Street and Diamond Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The killing came amid a sharp rise in violence that year; by mid-July it was the city’s 19th homicide, a total already higher than all of 2019.

Authorities say the suspect, 23-year-old Jalen Travis Hoblet-Arnold of Grand Rapids, contacted police and identified himself as the shooter; he was taken into custody without incident. Law enforcement described the killing as senseless and tied it to the broader spike in local violence.

What details about the events that afternoon or potential witnesses have not yet been released?