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Brandon Cross was 19 when he was shot and killed on the evening of April 2, 2017, at the Glencoe Hills apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, Michigan. What investigators described as a planned robbery for money and marijuana escalated into a homicide when Cross was shot once.

Authorities identified three suspects: Xavier Payne, then 16, Jeffrey Thurman, and Calvin Vanderhoff. Investigators determined the three had conspired to rob Cross and that Thurman supplied the handgun. Payne was identified as the shooter; he was convicted on multiple counts including second-degree murder, felony firearms, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, felony murder, and solicitation of murder. His original life sentence was later adjusted to 25 to 60 years because of his age at the time. Thurman and Vanderhoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit armed robbery and were each sentenced to 15 to 30 years.

Does anyone have information about Brandon’s movements that evening or about the robbery plan that could shed more light on what happened?