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Zacchaeus Odom, 21, was killed in Detroit on the early morning of November 23, 2019, after a night out celebrating a friend’s birthday. He rode in a black Ford F-150 with the driver Joey Washington, Darius Marquis Thomas, and Thomas’s girlfriend Ariel Roberts. A dispute that began at the bar continued in the truck and escalated while they were driving. Gunfire erupted inside the vehicle; Odom was struck and later found lying on Gilbert Street by a passing Lyft driver who called 911.

Police reported a piece of auto glass stuck to his back and recovered a water bottle near the body that was later tested for DNA. Forensic analysis linked DNA on the bottle to Darius Marquis Thomas. Thomas was arrested and tried; a jury acquitted him of first-degree premeditated murder but convicted him of second-degree murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder for the other occupants, and weapons charges. The convictions were affirmed on appeal and included lengthy prison terms for the murder and assault counts.

Who has information about that night or the people in the truck?