Cortez Lamont Miller, 21, was shot and killed during a house party on LaVette Street in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in the early morning hours of March 25, 2018. Miller, a new father to a baby girl, and another man, 29-year-old Michael Johnson, were both struck by gunfire and died while being transported to the hospital.

Authorities identified 40-year-old Antwan Tamon ’Tank’ Mims as the suspect and launched a multi-agency manhunt that included local police, the Michigan State Police, the sheriff’s department, and the FBI; Mims was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted list and was captured in Georgia in August 2018. Mims was returned to Michigan for trial, where testimony presented by the prosecution described him as the aggressor who shot both victims in the back of the head. Mims testified in his own defense claiming the victims were the aggressors but the jury convicted him of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder and related weapons offenses.

The case resulted in two life sentences without the possibility of parole, bringing legal resolution for Miller’s family but leaving the community to reckon with the loss.