A vigil was held for 16-year-old Elijah Reese, a student at East English Village Preparatory Academy (The Ville) at Finney, who was shot and killed while walking home from high school.
Loved ones gathered for a vigil for a teenager gunned down in Detroit. Police are investigating the murder of Elijah Reese. His mother said three masked gunmen attempted to rob him of his shoes.
Community members searched for answers after three senseless incidents occurred over the past 48 hours in Detroit, where the victims were a young child, a teenager, and a woman.
The shooting death of a 16-year-old boy may be connected to an attempted robbery, according to information provided by the Detroit Police Department to the Detroit Public Schools Community District.