Wesley Arthur Carroll, 52, was shot and killed in Grand Rapids on March 29, 2017. Police were called about gunfire at about 12:24 a.m. in the 100 block of Putnam Street SW and found Carroll lying outside a residence with at least one gunshot wound. First responders could not save him; an autopsy confirmed death by gunshot.

Known to friends as Tree Man, Carroll was remembered as kind and generous. His partner of 20 years, Tina Morey, was nearby when the shots were fired and found him in an alley off Putnam and Ionia. Carroll’s death was the fourth homicide in Grand Rapids that year and investigators opened a death investigation that remains unsolved.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact the Grand Rapids Police Department.