On the evening of November 13, 2018, 66-year-old Bernice Clark was killed in the first-floor hallway of the Phillip Sims Senior Housing complex on Dickerson Avenue in Detroit. A dispute earlier that night between a 69-year-old resident, James Flemming, and a 30-year-old woman left Flemming locked out of the building. Kenneth Hall, a 50-year-old security guard on his first day, let Flemming back inside; shortly afterward Flemming produced a handgun and opened fire.

Bernice Clark was in the hallway bringing food to the new guard when she was struck. She and Kenneth Hall were both pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities tracked Flemming to Richmond, Virginia, where he was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including murder and related counts. He later testified at his bench trial, admitted to shooting both victims, and was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and other charges, receiving concurrent 25 to 50 year terms for each murder.