On the morning of June 14, 1971, eight people were shot and killed inside an apartment on Hazelwood Street in Detroit in what came to be called the Hazelwood massacre. Lloyd Taboo Tyler, 27, was among the victims. Police found the bodies, including Tyler’s, in the living room; victims had been shot in the head at close range with firearms of three different calibers.

Investigators believed the primary target was a heroin dealer named Robert Gardner and that the attack may have been retaliation after Gardner allegedly robbed two drug dealers from Toronto. Authorities said Tyler had multiple felony convictions and was a heroin addict; it’s reported he and others may have been killed to eliminate witnesses to Gardner’s murder. A team of 20 detectives worked the case but the investigation did not produce arrests or definitive suspects.

The Hazelwood massacre remains unsolved and Tyler’s family has not received answers. Did anyone in Detroit or the area know Lloyd Tyler or have information about that June 1971 attack?