Londrell Cook, 26, was shot on April 11, 2020, on Kalamazoo’s north side in the 800 block of Woodbury Avenue and died later that day at a nearby hospital. Two other people were wounded in the same incident.

Investigators focused on two Kalamazoo residents, Fharis Smith, 29, and Dauntrell Walker, 30, after an informant said both men were at the scene and had fired at Cook. Authorities say a shooter may have been wounded during the exchange; after his arrest Walker was noted to have a fresh wound consistent with a gunshot to his lower back. Smith and Walker were arrested on April 18, 2020; both had loaded firearms when taken into custody. Smith was also found with two cell phones, over $2,000 in cash, and methamphetamine, and police obtained a search warrant for his phones.

In the days after the killing, authorities disrupted a planned retaliation that involved people from Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo; twelve suspects were arrested during traffic stops on weapons and fleeing charges. Anyone with information about Londrell Cook or the April 11, 2020 shooting is asked to come forward.