Tamara Greene was 27 and a mother of three when she was shot to death in the predawn hours of April 30, 2003. She was sitting in her car with her boyfriend on Roselawn Street near West Outer Drive in Detroit when a white SUV pulled alongside and a hail of bullets struck her multiple times; her boyfriend was wounded but survived. Greene, an exotic dancer known by the stage name Strawberry, died at the scene. The weapon used was a .40 caliber pistol, the same type then issued by the Detroit Police Department, which helped fuel speculation about the shooter’s identity.

Her death became entangled with rumors about a party at the Manoogian Mansion in fall 2002 and allegations that Greene had been assaulted there by Carlita Kilpatrick, with some suggesting the killing was a deliberate hit to silence her. Investigators and Greene’s family later alleged the police probe was obstructed; several officers who worked the case were reportedly demoted or terminated. A suspect described as a known drug dealer was at one point publicly identified by a retired detective as the likely killer but was never charged. A lawsuit by Greene’s family against the city and Kwame Kilpatrick was dismissed in 2011 for lack of evidence. No arrests have been made and the case remains open and unsolved.