Tony Lamarr Stewart, 29, was shot in the parking lot of a liquor store on Franklin Street SE in Grand Rapids on the evening of January 3, 2020, and later died of his injuries. The killing was recorded as the city’s first homicide of the year. Family members remembered Stewart as trying to be the best dad.

The Grand Rapids Police Department Major Case Team led the investigation. In May 2020 detectives arrested 26-year-old Javonte Davon Robinson and charged him with open murder, felony firearm and three other charges; he was also booked as a fourth habitual offender and held at the Kent County Correctional Facility. A conviction on the listed charges could carry a life sentence.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Stewart’s final hours, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.