On a late Saturday night in March of 2021, a gathering among acquaintances at a Detroit motel took a tragic and fatal turn. The evening of March 27th ended in the shooting death of 29-year-old Otis Coil of Detroit. The incident occurred just before midnight at a motel located in the 14700 block of 8 Mile Road.
According to police reports, Coil was at a gathering with five other individuals when an argument broke out.
The dispute escalated, leading to one of the men allegedly shooting and killing Coil. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Darryl Henry Johnson from Georgia.
Following the shooting, Johnson is also accused of pointing his gun at two women and two men who were present at the gathering. He then fled the scene. However, he later surrendered to the police.
Darryl Henry Johnson was subsequently charged with first-degree murder for the death of Otis Coil. In addition to the murder charge, he faced four counts of felonious assault and five counts of felony firearm.
