On May 6, 2017, a verbal dispute at a home in the 8700 block of Epworth Street in Detroit escalated into deadly violence. Twenty-seven-year-old Sharietta Jefferson was with 39-year-old Murray Upshaw at Upshaw’s family residence when an argument with Upshaw’s son, Dante Louis Coker, known as Dante Binion, turned fatal. Coker produced a firearm and shot both Jefferson and his father; Upshaw was visually impaired.

Coker fled the scene but was arrested the next day at East Warren and Eastlawn. He was charged with two counts of First Degree Premeditated Murder and one count of Felony Firearm and was arraigned in 36th District Court. Court filings show Coker later entered a no contest plea and received a prison term of 28 to 50 years for the double homicide.

If anyone knew Sharietta Jefferson or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.