The first homicide in Hamtramck in 2018 occurred in the early hours of December 23, when 21-year-old Marquis McCray was fatally shot outside the MyHookah Lounge on Joseph Campau Avenue. The shooting happened at about 2 a.m.; two other people were wounded in the same incident. McCray’s family remembered him as good-natured and as a cancer survivor and held a vigil on December 28 as they mourned.

Hamtramck Police, with assistance from the Michigan State Police, secured the scene and opened an investigation. In the days after the shooting authorities declined to release many details, but by December 30 investigators were reported to be seeking two suspects. No identities or arrests have been disclosed in connection with McCray’s death.

If anyone was in that area the morning of December 23 or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.