Makiel Swift, 40, was killed in a shooting in Saginaw, Michigan on September 25, 2015. A Saginaw native who had spent many years in Oakland, California, Swift worked as a cook at the Magic Kitchen and also cut hair as a barber. He attended Houghton Elementary in Saginaw, graduated from McClymonds High School in 1994 and later studied at Contra Costa Community College, where he competed in football and track and field.

Police responded to reports of a shooting and found Swift suffering from gunshot wounds; he died after emergency efforts. The Saginaw Police Department opened a homicide investigation and detectives took a male suspect into custody; prosecutors later authorized charges. Swift is survived by his children in California, his parents, siblings and extended family, and was remembered at a service at Paradise Funeral Chapel.

Did anyone in Saginaw or Oakland know Makiel Swift or see anything that could help explain what happened that night?