KALAMAZOO, MI — Charges have been authorized against a man related to the 2023 shooting death of a teenager in Kalamazoo.

Raymond C. Moore, Jr., 23, was charged with open murder related to the 2023 shooting death of 17-year-old Markii Jerrell Robinson, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety announced.

Around 2:55 p.m. on June 7, 2023, Robinson was walking through an alleyway in the 1100 block of East Stockbridge Avenue when he was shot and killed in an apparent drive-by shooting, KDPS said.

Robinson was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

A suspect vehicle was later found burned in the 5500 block of Meadowstone Drive.

In August 2023, a 15-year-old male was arrested and adjudicated for third-degree arson related to the vehicle fire, KDPS said.

The Kalamazoo County Offic

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