A three-year-old boy, Kyrei Boyd, died of a single gunshot wound to the face on December 6, 2017, in a Detroit apartment on Rossiter Street. Emergency medical personnel were first reached when a man identified as Demetrius Lorenzo Peals, the mother’s boyfriend, ran up carrying the critically injured child; Kyrei was taken to St. John Hospital and did not survive.

Initial statements from the child’s mother, Kinesha Boyd, described a neighbor conflict and a stray bullet entering the apartment, but investigators found no evidence supporting an outside shot. Authorities later determined the fatal shot occurred after Kyrei was playing with a gun that belonged to Peals. Peals fled the scene but surrendered to police the next morning.

Both adults were charged: Kinesha Boyd with involuntary manslaughter and lying to a peace officer; Demetrius Lorenzo Peals with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree child abuse, tampering with evidence, and felony firearms violations. A one-year-old child was also in the apartment at the time. Does anyone have information about what happened that night or knew the family?