On the night of August 9, 2015, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, an argument outside Erica Bell’s home on North Rose Street ended with Edward Bell shot and killed. The dispute involved George Mack, who was the ex-boyfriend of Erica Bell. After leaving and returning armed with a semi-automatic rifle, Mack opened fire; Edward Bell pushed his sister out of the line of fire and was struck multiple times, dying at the scene.

At the time of the shooting Mack was already out on bond for a domestic assault case. A manhunt followed and Mack was arrested in Las Vegas on August 17, 2015, then returned to Kalamazoo to face charges. In November 2016 a Kalamazoo County jury found Mack guilty of first-degree murder and related weapons and stalking offenses, and Judge Alexander Lipsey later imposed a life sentence for the murder of Edward Bell.

If anyone has information about Edward Bell, his life, or the events that night, please share what you know.