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John Chip Smith, a Black man in his mid-60s, was shot and killed on the afternoon of March 11, 2016, while sitting on a front porch in the 2600 block of Hazelwood Street on Detroit’s west side. Around shortly before 4 p.m., a black Dodge Journey rolled down Hazelwood and two gunmen leaned out and opened fire on the porch. Smith was struck and collapsed; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Two other men on the porch were hit. Forty-three-year-old Jamil Omar Goodwin, a father of seven, was transported to a hospital and later died of his injuries. The remaining two victims survived with wounds. Police said three people were in the minivan — two shooters and a driver — and described the attack as not random, possibly an act of retribution with one person believed to have been the intended target. Detectives canvassed the area for shell casings, cameras, and witnesses and asked the community for help locating the vehicle and suspects.

Did anyone on Hazelwood that afternoon see the minivan or remember faces that could identify the people inside?