An evening celebration at a rented Airbnb in Howard Township, near Niles, Michigan, ended in tragedy in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2019. Eighteen-year-old Dayman Chatman, a recent graduate of Clay High School in South Bend, Indiana, was at a large party on Yankee Street when shots were fired around 2 a.m. He was found with a fatal gunshot wound and died at the scene despite emergency responders’ efforts.

Remembered by family as talented and creative, Chatman played guitar, sang and rappped; his parents are Chanel Spralls and Dayman Chatman Sr. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation but investigators faced a chaotic scene after many potential witnesses scattered.

If anyone attended that party or has information about what happened that night, please come forward and share what you know.