Kelvin Wheeler Jr., 34, was shot and killed in Detroit on the night of July 8, 2020. He had just left his father’s house and was stopped at a red light at Livernois Avenue and Ewald Circle around 11:40 p.m. Wheeler was driving a white Jeep Cherokee with his girlfriend in the passenger seat; they were watching neighborhood fireworks when an unknown male walked up to the vehicle and fired several rounds into the front windshield, striking Wheeler multiple times. The girlfriend was physically unharmed but initially thought the shots were fireworks. The shooter ran to an older-model gray sedan and fled.

Wheeler was a youth pastor and the dean of students at Triumph Middle School in Harper Woods, a devoted father to his eight-year-old son, and was pursuing a master’s degree in counseling while preparing for ordination. No arrests have been made and the motive remains unclear; some who knew him have suggested mistaken identity as a possibility. Crime Stoppers has offered a cash reward and family members continue to appeal for information.

Did anyone see a gray older-model sedan in the Livernois and Ewald Circle area that night or have other information that could help?