In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Flint, Michigan, a young man's life was tragically cut short in what appeared to be a senseless act of violence. David Fuller, a 26-year-old male, was working his shift as a pizza delivery driver for a local Cottage Inn on April 21, 2015. Just as he was about to finish his night, he was dispatched for one last delivery to a residence in the 1800 block of West Genesee.
Unbeknownst to Fuller, the address he was sent to was an abandoned home, a
detail that would later lead investigators to believe the delivery was a setup. Around 1:00 a.m., neighbors were startled by the sound of gunshots and promptly alerted the Flint police. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered Fuller inside his vehicle, having been fatally shot.
The investigation into the homicide of David Fuller soon focused on a primary suspect. A week after the shooting, 18-year-old Kevin Thompson Jr. turned himself into the Flint police. He was subsequently charged with first-degree murder, felony firearm, armed robbery, and gang membership felonies. While a motive for the killing was not immediately clear to investigators, the arrest brought some measure of relief to a community shaken by the violent death of a young man simply doing his job. The owners of the Cottage Inn where Fuller worked offered to pay for his funeral expenses.
