A confrontation that began inside McNamara’s Party Store in Lansing escalated to deadly violence on the night of February 23, 2017. Willie Calvin Williamson, 30, was shot outside the store at the corner of Baker Street and Lyons Avenue. Officers found Williamson unresponsive; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds.

Witnesses and investigators say the argument moved from inside the store into the street, where the shots were fired. Police described a suspect as a light-skinned Black male, about 25 to 40 years old, with a thick mustache and wearing blue jeans. That description and subsequent investigative work led authorities to Dmarco Dangelo Leneal Brewer.

Brewer was arrested and, in November 2017, a jury in Ingham County found him guilty of first-degree premeditated murder. He was also convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and a felony firearm charge and received the mandatory life sentence without parole for the murder conviction.

If anyone witnessed the argument at McNamara’s or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.