A late-night shooting in Detroit’s Greektown left 48-year-old Bernard Howard dead on June 9, 2019. The gunfire erupted about 2:30 a.m. near Congress and Beaubien streets just after nearby bars closed. The area was crowded when shots were fired; Howard was found with multiple gunshot wounds. An off-duty Hamtramck firefighter who was nearby for a bachelor party began CPR before emergency personnel arrived, but Howard later died. Two other victims, a 34-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man, were also hit and taken to hospital in serious condition.

Investigators focused on a parking lot near the Legends Gentlemen’s Club and Sweetwater Tavern and briefly detained a person of interest, who was later released. If anyone was in Greektown that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward.