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A property dispute in Detroit’s Rosedale Park neighborhood in late 2014 ended with two deaths. Howard Franklin, 72, had purchased a house at a tax foreclosure sale and on November 28, 2014 went there with his 37-year-old daughter, Catherine Franklin, to carry out an eviction. An argument over removal of fixtures escalated; both Howar d and Catherine were armed, as was 22-year-old Alonzo Long Jr., a relative of one of the occupants. Gunfire was exchanged and both Howar d and Catherine Franklin were killed. Long fled but was later arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. His first trial in July 2015 ended with a hung jury; a second trial concluded in February 2016 with Long acquitted after the defense said the shooting happened in a chaotic situation and it was unclear who fired first.

Does anyone have information about the Rosedale Park eviction that night or the people involved?