Lord Spencer Nobles, a 40-year-old Black / African American male, was killed in Detroit during the early morning hours of May 25, 2012. Police were called to the 5000 block of Chatsworth Street on Detroit’s east side, near Linville Street and the I-94 expressway, after a report of gunfire at approximately 1:25 a.m. When officers reached the area, they discovered Nobles and Cheniqua Edwards-Hawes suffering from fatal gunshot wounds.
The victims were found in different positions at the
scene. Edwards-Hawes was discovered in a parked gray 2008 Nissan vehicle, while Nobles was lying in the middle of the street. An initial report from the scene said police had received a 911 call about shots fired outside a home on Chatsworth and found both victims after arriving. A nearby resident reported hearing approximately three gunshots during the night and going outside after contacting police. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Nobles was born Lord Spencer Nobles on April 5, 1972, in Joliet, Illinois. He spent part of his childhood in Joliet before attending Azusa High School in California. Contemporary sports coverage from his high-school years identified him as one of Azusa’s leading basketball players, and he later became involved in music under the name LSD. His recording credits included work connected with producer Nick Wiz, and he also received a songwriting credit on Adina Howard’s 1995 recording “You Got Me Humpin’.” His obituary described him as residing in Chicago before his death.
The double killing subsequently appeared in Crime Stoppers material as an unsolved homicide. The organization described Nobles and Edwards-Hawes as having been murdered together on Detroit’s east side and offered a reward of up to $2,500 for information connected with the case. The available public description did not identify a suspected gunman, provide a motive, or explain what occurred immediately before the shots were fired.
No reliable online reporting located for the case identifies an arrest, criminal charge, trial, or conviction in connection with Nobles’ killing. The publicly available Crime Stoppers record continued to characterize the deaths as unsolved, and searches of later reporting did not reveal a publicly announced suspect or prosecution. As a result, the circumstances that brought Nobles and Edwards-Hawes to Chatsworth Street that night, the reason they were targeted, and the identity of the person or people responsible remain publicly unresolved.
