Rolando Lamar Smith, 51, was killed in Detroit on August 9, 2015, during a violent incident at a local party store that began as an abduction and ended in a fatal shooting. The case occurred amid a particularly violent weekend in the city; local reports counted him among three people killed and noted twenty-six others wounded in shootings across Detroit during the same forty-eight-hour span. Authorities treated the shooting as part of an abduction that originated at the business, though initial reports did not make clear whether Smith was a patron, an employee, or a bystander at the store.

Family and friends held a funeral service for Smith on August 18, 2015, at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. Does anyone have information about what happened at the party store that day or know someone who can help fill in the gaps?