On the morning of December 9, 2014, Richard Street was found dead in the backyard of a residence on the 1200 block of Union Street in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the victim of a single gunshot wound to the back of his head. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots between about 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. the previous night, and the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety opened a homicide investigation that treated the killing as targeted rather than random.

Investigators focused on a person of interest, Reginald Collins, who lived at the home where Street’s body was located. A witness said they saw Collins shoot Street, and Collins was charged with open murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony firearm. Defense review of cell tower records later uncovered a time zone error in the prosecution’s timeline; corrected records placed Collins in South Bend, Indiana, later than first reported, leaving only about 38 minutes for him to travel the roughly 35 miles to Benton Harbor. In September 2016 the prosecutor dismissed the charges without prejudice. The killing remains unsolved.

Anyone who knew Richard Street or who has information about the night of December 8–9, 2014, in Benton Harbor is asked to come forward.