In the early morning of March 18, 2017, a forced entry and shooting on Rutherford Street on Detroit’s west side left three members of one household dead. Sixty-year-old Robert Pittman, his 43-year-old daughter Michelle Davis-Asaka, and his 23-year-old grandson Darrian Jones were all shot and killed while the family slept. A fourth man was wounded in a shootout with the assailant and a woman in the home was physically unharmed.

Police identified 23-year-old Demaro Devone Horne of Southgate as the intruder. He was taken into custody after seeking treatment for injuries at a local hospital and was charged with multiple felonies, including open murder counts, assault with intent to murder, first-degree home invasion, and firearm offenses. Court documents dated August 24, 2018, describe a plea agreement under which Horne would serve concurrent 25 to 60 year terms for second-degree murder and assault with intent to murder, plus a consecutive five-year term for a felony-firearm second offense; the order vacated an earlier October 2, 2017 sentence and remanded for resentencing or for Horne to be allowed to withdraw the plea if the court would not follow the negotiated terms.

Did anyone in the Detroit area know the Pittman family, or have information about the events of March 18, 2017?