Ante Andrew Webb was 43 when he was shot and killed on the evening of April 12, 2020, at the Nature Trail Apartments on Nature Trail Drive in Kentwood, near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Responding officers found Webb with a single gunshot wound; bystanders provided first aid but his injury proved fatal and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 36-year-old Kenneth Durell Byrd as a suspect while he was already in custody at the Kent County Correctional Facility on other charges. In November 2020 the Kentwood Police Department arrested Byrd and the Kent County Prosecutor charged him with homicide-felony murder, armed robbery, and felony firearm. Byrd was arraigned with bond set at $1 million, tried, and convicted for Webb’s murder. On October 27, 2021, Byrd was sentenced to life in prison without parole, with additional time for the felony firearms conviction.

If anyone knew Ante Webb or has information about the events that night at Nature Trail Apartments, please come forward to share what you remember.