Destiny Desiree Reed, 24, was shot and killed just before 1 a.m. on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2019, on Detroit’s east side near Van Dyke and Gratiot Avenue. She was getting out of a vehicle at a home when a passing car sped by and gunfire rang out; Reed was struck in the head and died despite emergency treatment. Neighbors reported a cry for help followed by gunshots, but initial door-to-door searches turned up no usable security footage.

Investigators looked into possible links with other recent violence on the same side of the city, including the May 13 homicide of Nyree Henderson, and noted a reported black Chrysler 300 as a lead in both cases. Authorities did not call the incidents the work of a serial killer but did not rule out a connection. Reed was remembered as a loving mother and was buried May 17, 2019, at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.