On June 3, 2018, 28-year-old Tyiela Autrey was fatally shot at a home on Grandville on Detroit’s northwest side. The shooting followed a physical altercation after Autrey and her boyfriend, 28-year-old Lenell James Kirby, returned from a night out. Family members said Kirby had been jealous and controlling and that Autrey had expressed a desire to end the relationship.

During the confrontation, Autrey’s 22-year-old niece, Kiera Autrey, tried to separate them. Tyiela Autrey was shot in the eye and later died at a hospital; Kiera Autrey was shot multiple times but survived and was able to call 911 and her mother, identifying her aunt’s boyfriend as the shooter. Kirby fled in a black Equinox and escaped after a brief police pursuit.

As of June 2024, Lenell James Kirby remained at large and was being sought by authorities in connection with Tyiela Autrey’s death and the shooting of her niece. Does anyone have information about Kirby’s whereabouts or about that night on Grandville?