Tykarri Shaheed Lucas, 23, was shot and killed inside J&B Discount Liquor on Stockbridge Avenue in Kalamazoo on September 15, 2018, around 1:30 a.m. He had recently moved to the city from Benton Harbor and is described as a father, son and brother who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police arrested 27-year-old Jerome Oday II several hours after the shooting at a friend’s home in Wyoming and charged him with Lucas’s murder. Oday was held in the Kalamazoo County Jail and denied bond at his video arraignment. He later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 to 75 years in prison on January 14, 2019; he apologized to Lucas’s family before sentencing. The motive was not released.

Did anyone in the community know Tykarri or have information about what led to that night at the liquor store?