A party inside a shuttered business on 28th Street SE in Grand Rapids turned deadly in the early morning hours of October 9, 2016. At about 3:45 a.m., gunfire broke out, killing 21-year-old Juwan Boykin at the scene and wounding eight other people. Police believed the shooting was gang-related.

After a multi-month investigation, detectives arrested 20-year-old Jokari Dwayne Lowery on January 31, 2017. He was charged with open murder, firearms offenses, being a habitual offender, and gang-related felonies, and was held without bond. Lowery later pleaded no contest to second-degree murder. At sentencing on August 24, 2017, the judge said Lowery had stood over Boykin and shot him five times and imposed a total term of 30 to 90 years, including a mandatory two-year term for felony firearm use.

If anyone at that party or nearby that night has information about what led to the shooting, please come forward.