Carmell Ii Smith

On the afternoon of March 26, 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Detroit neighborhood, tragically ending the life of 32-year-old Carmell II Smith, an African-American woman. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. in the 7300 block of Penrod Street, near West Warren Avenue and the Southfield Freeway on the city's northwest side. Smith was seated in a car with her boyfriend, a detail that adds a layer of intimacy to the otherwise brutal and senseless act of violence that was about t ...