KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A woman was shot and killed in Kalamazoo early Sunday morning, police say.
Officers were dispatched around 4:10 a.m. to a home on Reed Street near Burdick Street after a shooting was reported.
When they arrived, they found a 49-year-old woman who had been shot. Officers started treating her at the scene. She was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
On Monday, police identified the victim as Latraysa Dayon Brown.
“Latraysa was taken from her family in the place where she should have been safest—inside her own home, while her family slept,” said Captain Danielle Guilds of the Criminal Investigations Division. “Someone knows who did this. If you have any information about what happened, please contact us. Your information could be the key to solving this case and giving Latraysa’s family the justice they deserve.”
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at
269-337-8139 or submit tips anonymously through the Kalamazoo Silent Observer tip line at 269-343-
2100, via the P3Tips app, or online at www.KalamazooSilentObserver.com.
