On March 24, 2012, 15-year-old Romel Smith, a Black male, was shot in northwest Detroit on Monte Vista Street just south of West McNichols Road (Six Mile) near Meyers Road. He was taken to Sinai-Grace Hospital, where medical staff briefly revived him, but he died a short time later. The circumstances of the shooting were not clear and no motive or assailant was identified in initial reports.

The case later appears in cold case listings as unsolved, with no publicly named suspects or arrests connected to the homicide. Few specifics about what led to the shooting have been made public, leaving many unanswered questions about that night and who was responsible.

If anyone has information about Romel, the location, or the events on Monte Vista Street that night, please share what is known.