On January 20, 2020, a black 2006 Chevrolet Impala was found after striking a fence near Barlow and Eastwood on Detroit’s east side. Inside and beside the vehicle, 31-year-old Allen Armstrong and his 31-year-old cousin Demarco Armstrong were discovered fatally shot, each with gunshot wounds to the head. One man was inside the car and the other lay just outside the driver’s side door.

Friends and family described both men as devoted fathers and said the deaths shocked the community. Investigators later reported a possible lead: an ex-girlfriend of one of the victims had allegedly posted death threats on social media, and Allen reportedly saved screenshots of those messages to his phone, though authorities did not immediately confirm a direct link to the killings.

Authorities identified 24-year-old Oscar Johnson of Harper Woods as a suspect; U.S. Marshals apprehended him in Lexington, Kentucky. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged Johnson with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, three counts of felony firearm, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Did anyone in the Detroit area know Allen or Demarco, or have information about the social media threats?