Tarell Marquise Mapp, 31, was shot and killed in Grand Rapids, Michigan during the early morning hours of November 3, 2019. He was attending an after-hours party at a car wash and detailing shop on 28th Street SE that had recently been cited for operating improperly as a nightclub. Police were already on scene responding to a fight when gunfire erupted inside one of the businesses; officers found Mapp with a fatal chest wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The killing was the city’s 14th homicide that year.

Mapp was described by his family as the glue of a large household: one of thirteen siblings and a father to thirteen children. His family, which had lost another sibling to violence two years earlier, held a vigil and has pressed for answers. As of the latest information, no arrests have been announced and the Grand Rapids Police Department continues to seek public help, including identifying four possible witnesses whose photos investigators released in April 2021.

If anyone at that party or who knows those who attended has information, can they contact the Grand Rapids Police Department?