Kiywon Ballard, a 30-year-old male resident of Detroit who worked as a line cook, was shot in Hamtramck, Michigan, in the early morning of July 10, 2020. Officers responding to reports of gunfire at about 2:30 a.m. found Ballard near Grand Haven and Circle Drive with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and did not survive.

The Hamtramck Police Department opened a homicide investigation, calling for witnesses soon after the shooting and describing the case as the city’s second homicide that year. Investigators reported having very little information in the days after the killing, and the motive and circumstances of the shooting remain unclear.

Anyone who knew Ballard, was in the area that night, or has information that could help should contact the Hamtramck Police Department.