This was a prior conflict that just went way too far. Why is it some young people resort to such extreme measures? This is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Was there no other way out? Was there no other way to resolve this?

On the night of September 9, 2018, 24-year-old Trevaughn Anthony was fatally shot inside a White Castle restaurant on Detroit’s west side. Around 12:30 a.m., two masked men opened fire into the building; Anthony and two other young men, 25-year-old Rashawn Harrington and 20-year-old DeShawn Gadson, were pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators focused on a suspect named William Wilbourn-Little, and evidence introduced during prosecution linked the attack to a prior dispute between Wilbourn-Little and Gadson. Witness testimony, including from Gadson’s girlfriend who was outside the restaurant, was part of the case presented at trial. Wilbourn-Little was charged with three counts of first-degree premeditated murder, multiple felony firearm counts, and being a felon in possession of a weapon.

The killings left three families grieving and the community shaken. If anyone knew Trevaughn, Rashawn, DeShawn, or has information about that night at the White Castle, please come forward.