On January 8, 2013, 18-year-old Gregory J. Woods, a Black/African American male, answered a door at a residence in the 700 block of Neland SE in Grand Rapids and was shot multiple times. He was privately transported to a local hospital and died there on January 13, 2013, after nearly a week battling his injuries.

Investigators tied the killing to gang-related activity and determined the shooting was motivated as revenge for a gang-related homicide two years earlier. The Grand Rapids Police Major Case Team and the Kent County Prosecutor’s Office identified 17-year-old Devonte Warren as the primary suspect; Warren was already in custody on separate violent charges from January 2013. A murder charge was added in July 2013, and a Kent County jury found Warren guilty of first-degree murder in April 2014. In June 2014 a judge sentenced Warren to life without parole, and in September 2015 a state Court of Appeals ordered a new sentencing hearing on the question of life without parole for a minor.

Does anyone have information about Gregory Woods, his activities in Grand Rapids, or the night he answered that door?