Teris King, an 18-year-old woman, was killed in Oak Park, Michigan, during the early morning hours of August 3, 2026, when a birthday celebration and pajama party at a short-term rental home erupted into deadly gunfire. King had recently graduated from high school and was among roughly 15 young people gathered at the home on Coolidge Highway, just south of Nine Mile Road.
The celebration had apparently continued into the early morning, and by the time the shooting began, several of the young people inside were reportedly asleep.
Family members and witnesses said a group of people who had not been invited to the party showed up earlier in the gathering. Those individuals were reportedly asked to leave, and they apparently did. Hours later, shortly before 5 a.m., an intense burst of gunfire came from outside the residence. Oak Park Public Safety received multiple reports of shots at approximately 4:48 a.m. One nearby resident described hearing what sounded like a semiautomatic weapon and estimated that 40 to 50 shots may have been fired. Evidence markers ultimately extended beyond the house and along Coolidge Highway as investigators worked to reconstruct where the shots originated and how the attack unfolded.
King and 19-year-old Dashaun Green were struck and killed inside the home. Police officers arriving within minutes found both victims inside and pronounced them dead at the scene. Two other people connected to the gathering were also wounded and transported to a hospital, where authorities initially described them as being in stable condition. One 16-year-old who escaped the house said most of those attending were asleep when the shooting started, reinforcing the families’ belief that King and Green had little opportunity to react or protect themselves.
The circumstances reported by relatives raised the possibility that the shooting was connected to the earlier removal of the uninvited group, but authorities had not publicly confirmed that theory as the motive. Green’s father said his son did not know the people who had been asked to leave and was in another part of the home when he was killed. Police have therefore continued treating the precise sequence of events, the identity of the shooters and the motive as matters still under investigation rather than established facts.
Oak Park Public Safety’s Investigation Bureau joined with the Oakland County Crime Scene Analysis Unit to process the extensive scene and identify those responsible. Police and Fire Chief Steve Cooper said investigators were working continuously on the case, while city officials pledged to devote available resources to finding the person or people responsible. As of the most recent publicly available reporting located through August 11, 2026, authorities had not announced an arrest, had not publicly identified a suspect, and had not disclosed criminal charges against anyone in connection with the deaths of King and Green. The investigation remained active, leaving the families waiting for authorities to determine who fired into the home and why.
