Travontae Brown, 23, a Black man from Kalamazoo, Michigan, was killed by gunfire on May 14, 2020, near the intersection of Bessie Street and Princeton Avenue on the city’s Northside. Officers responding to midday shots found the aftermath and Brown’s injuries proved fatal. The shooting left the neighborhood tense as investigators worked to determine what led to the violence and who fired the fatal shots.

About a week later, in the early hours of May 21, 2020, the same area was again hit by reports of gunfire. Responding officers found spent casings on a back porch on the 1700 block of Union Street, executed a search warrant at a residence, and seized three firearms. A 33-year-old Kalamazoo resident was arrested on multiple charges related to that incident; no injuries were reported in the later shooting. It remained unclear how directly that arrest and the weapons seizure connected to Brown’s killing.

Anyone with information about the May 14 homicide, the subsequent shots fired, or related activity in the area is asked to come forward.