Keon Sterlan Rooks was shot and killed in Detroit in the early morning of September 9, 2015. He was 34 and was found on the 11600 block of Stout after being shot multiple times with a handgun; Detroit medics pronounced him dead at the scene around 2:35 a.m.

Police identified and arrested 24-year-old Robert Gardner of Detroit in connection with the shooting. Gardner was charged with open murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and felony firearm. No motive for the killing was released to the public.

Anyone with information about Keon Rooks, the events on Stout that night, or Gardner’s involvement is asked to come forward.