On January 22, 2019, 38-year-old Gregory Thomas James was fatally shot on Kentucky Avenue in Monroe, Michigan. A woman who was with him was also wounded when the shooter fired five rounds; she survived and later identified the shooter. Reports say James and the woman had gone to the shooter’s residence to complain about an issue. The exchange escalated, the shooter produced a handgun and fired. Three bullets struck James — two superficial wounds and one fatal wound to his neck that caused his near‑instant death. One bullet seriously wounded the woman.

Authorities identified 23-year-old Marquis Terrell Evans, also known as Marcus, as the shooter. Evans fled the scene but was arrested a little over a week later after a search involving the Monroe City Police Department and the United States Marshals Service. In March 2020 a Monroe County jury convicted Marquis Terrell Evans of Second Degree Murder in James’s death and of Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm less than Murder for the woman’s shooting.

If anyone has information about Gregory James’s life in Monroe or remembers the events of that January night, please share what you know.