Khari Davis was 22 when he was shot and killed on October 9, 2018, while seated in the passenger seat of a van at Claude Evans Park in Battle Creek, Michigan. Two companions drove him to Bronson Battle Creek hospital, but two close-range gunshot wounds to his head proved fatal and he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators charged 18-year-old Davion Brown with first-degree premeditated murder and use of a firearm; Brown surrendered with family and a lawyer and was offered a plea to second-degree murder, which he rejected. At trial a witness testified that a man in a blue hooded sweatshirt had approached the van and fired a revolver, later identifying Brown as the shooter. The 12-member jury acquitted Brown on all counts on April 22, 2019.

Davis’s death was the sixth homicide in Calhoun County in 2018, and other nearby violent incidents at the time prompted investigators to look for connections. Davis’s father publicly urged the community not to retaliate. If anyone knew Khari Davis or has information about what happened that night at Claude Evans Park, please come forward.