On the evening of July 6, 2014, a dispute between two neighborhood groups on Kalamazoo’s Northside escalated into gunfire that killed an innocent bystander. Orlando Walker, 30, was struck in the chest during the exchange and later died. Another man was wounded in the leg but survived. Walker was a father of three and was remembered at a funeral service at The Galilee Baptist Church.

Investigators identified a violent altercation between groups described as the Church Street People and the Woodbury Street People. Authorities made several arrests; Kenneth Langston was initially charged with Walker’s murder before those charges were reduced to felony firearms counts. Dante Johnson was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and with possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Testimony at trial said Johnson had taken a gun from Langston and fired multiple shots toward where Walker was fatally struck. Johnson was convicted on the firearm charges and later sentenced to prison terms on the convictions.

If anyone knew Orlando or witnessed the shooting on July 6, 2014, any information could still be useful to the record.