In the late summer of 2018, a dispute between neighbors in Ecorse, Michigan, escalated to a fatal encounter, leaving a young father dead. On the morning of Sunday, September 16, 2018, 30-year-old Dino Cortez Martin was shot and killed inside his apartment building, the River Park Apartments, located near Jefferson Avenue and Southfield Road.
Accounts from that day suggest that an argument had broken out between Martin and a male neighbor.
Witnesses reported that Martin had wanted to physically fight the neighbor, who then refused to come out of his residence. Shortly after, a gunshot was heard, and Martin was discovered to have been shot. The alleged attacker fled the scene immediately following the shooting. Ecorse police were called to the chaotic scene and utilized a K-9 unit in an attempt to track the suspect, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
In the days that followed, the community mourned the loss of Dino Martin, who was the father of three daughters, the youngest of whom was only three weeks old at the time of his death. Friends and family gathered for a vigil to remember him, sharing their grief and disbelief over the sudden violence that had taken him from them. They remembered him as a devoted father.
As of the latest available information, the suspect in the shooting of Dino Martin remains at large. The Ecorse Police Department has not publicly identified the individual responsible, and no arrests have been announced in connection with the case. The investigation into the death of Dino Martin is ongoing.
