On the evening of February 23, 2018, 37-year-old Ismaeel Abdulla was found in the street near Whittington and Canterbury streets in Dearborn with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken for medical care but died from his injury. Investigators identified 38-year-old Robert Gonzalez of Westland as a suspect after learning the two were acquaintances. Gonzalez was located at a Madison Township residence, fled on foot, and was captured the next morning in a parking lot in Adrian.

The Wayne County Prosecutor charged Gonzalez with first-degree murder, felony firearm, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, along with four-time habitual offender allegations. He was denied bond at arraignment and held at the Wayne County Jail. A probable cause conference and preliminary examination were scheduled in early March 2018. Gonzalez later entered a nolo contendere plea to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 17 to 50 years in the Third Circuit Court for Abdulla’s death.

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