Murder of 4-year-old Detroit boy remains unsolved 2 years after someone opened fire on home

DETROIT – Nathaniel Mesiah Roby-Townsend was simply 4 years outdated when police say two unknown people armed with rifles opened fireplace on his residence, killing him.

The capturing occurred at 12:50 a.m. Could 21, 2020, within the 18600 block of Birwood Avenue in Detroit. Nathaniel was struck with a single spherical within the chest and died immediately, in response to police.

Nathaniel’s grandmother, Pansy Glaster, advised Native 4 in 2020 that Nathaniel had gotten up for a late-night snack and was strolling towards the again of the home the place the remainder of the kids have been when photographs have been fired.

“We thought he had already made it to the again, however he by no means made it to the again with the remainder of the children,” Glaster stated.

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In 2020, police advised Native 4 {that a} attainable automobile concerned was a white GMC minivan.

“I simply wish to say: I would like justice for my son,” Marlisha Roby, Nathaniel’s mom, stated in 2020. “He was solely 4 years outdated. He didn’t deserve none of this. He was too jolly. He didn’t get an opportunity to stay his life.”

The FBI is providing a reward of as much as $25,000 for data resulting in the identification and arrest of the folks accountable.

The case is being investigated as a part of the Division of Justice’s Operation Legend.

You probably have any data associated to this murder, contact the FBI’s Detroit Discipline Workplace at (313) 965-2323, or the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI. You may also report data on-line at suggestions.fbi.gov.

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