Eriberto Perez, 58, was shot and killed on February 1, 2018, at the Aluminum Blanking Company in Pontiac. The assailant then drove about 30 miles north to Pontiac, entered the shipping and receiving area and shot Perez at his desk, with no opportunity to defend himself.

The attacker continued to another business in Waterford Township before a police chase ended in a shootout; he was wounded and taken into custody and an assault rifle was recovered from the stolen truck.

Jury verdicts in separate trials found the shooter guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in both Wayne County for Kitchen’s death and in Oakland County for Perez’s death, and the convictions were affirmed on appeal.