On the afternoon of October 9, 2016, Kylen Guinn, a 19-year-old Black male from Detroit, was shot and killed outside an apartment complex in the 30000 block of Carlysle Street in Inkster, Michigan. The shooting occurred about 1:10 p.m. after an argument between Guinn and another man. Guinn had driven to Inkster with a friend, got out of the vehicle to meet the man, and an altercation followed. Witness accounts were initially varied. Investigators determined that Terrell Johnson fired 13 shots, striking Guinn five times; Guinn was pronounced dead at the scene and his friend fled unharmed.

Guinn’s father said the confrontation may have begun during an attempted firearm purchase. Johnson was arrested and charged with murder; his defense argued he acted in self-defense and claimed Guinn had been armed, a point disputed by prosecutors and Guinn’s family. Johnson later pleaded guilty and received a 9- to 25-year sentence. Guinn was a student of computer information systems and had interests in the performing arts.

Does anyone have memories of Kylen or information about the events that afternoon?