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Two-year-old McKenzie Oldham was fatally shot on Detroit’s east side on May 25, 2016, after an argument over a spilled drink escalated. McKenzie was sitting in a car with her father when a man who had been in the altercation returned with a firearm and opened fire; a bullet struck the child in the head. She was taken to the hospital, declared brain-dead and kept on life support so her organs could be donated before she died just shy of her third birthday.

Police tracked the investigation to a motel in Oak Park, Michigan, and arrested Cleveland Smelley along with his brother Antoine Smelley and Deonta Bennett. All three were charged in connection with the shooting. Cleveland Smelley pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a felony firearm offense; Antoine Smelley and Deonta Bennett also pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and related charges.

Did anyone in Detroit at the time remember the row that led to this or have information about the scene on May 25, 2016?