Austin Scott Reinhardt was a 23-year-old Black/African American man who was shot and killed in Pontiac, Michigan, on the afternoon of May 3, 2018. He was at a friend’s house at 249 High Street with his girlfriend, Kae-Milee Serna, when a confrontation developed that prosecutors later tied to Pontiac resident DeMarcus Allen-Troy Miles. Serna testified that Reinhardt and Miles had clashed before and that she saw Miles approach the house that afternoon; she heard Reinhardt ask Miles what was going on and then heard two or three gunshots. Reinhardt was found on the ground and pronounced dead from two gunshot wounds.

Investigators recovered one bullet from Reinhardt’s body, another on the ground, two spent shell casings in the street, and an additional casing in the windshield-wiper area of Miles’s vehicle. A brick was found in Reinhardt’s hooded sweatshirt pocket, a point that became relevant to competing accounts about what happened immediately before the shooting. Miles was arrested shortly after the killing and ultimately disputed his presence and role before acknowledging at trial that a friend, Justin Sumner, had fired the shots; prosecutors argued Miles drove the shooter to and from the scene and repeatedly lied about his involvement. The jury convicted Miles of aiding and abetting second-degree murder but acquitted him of the felony-firearm charge.

Did anyone who knew Austin or saw activity around 249 High Street that day come forward with information?