On October 14, 2019, 27-year-old Donovan Welch was shot and killed during an argument on the 15800 block of Joy Road on Detroit’s west side. The dispute between Welch and another man escalated when 28-year-old Jerome Nowden produced a handgun and shot Welch in the chest. Welch was transported to a hospital but died of the single gunshot wound; the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Detroit police arrested Nowden on October 16, 2019. He was charged with four felonies in connection with Welch’s death, including first-degree murder. Nowden, who was on probation at the time, had prior arrests for drug possession, resisting a police officer, and firearms possession; he was denied bond at arraignment and faced life without parole if convicted of first-degree murder.

Are there witnesses or local residents who remember the night on Joy Road or saw anything that could help clarify what led to the shooting?