Three Charged in Fatal Shooting of Six-Year-Old Rylee Love
Published on August 23, 2025
Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Demontrel Benard Wilson, 30, Deonate Cornealous Cherry, 28, Terrance Jaland Blue, 28, all of Detroit,in connection with the fatal shooting of six-year-old Rylee Love, of Detroit.
On July 27, 2025, at approximately 8:58 p.m., Detroit police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Anglin Street and Stender Avenue for a reported shooting. Upon their arrival, officers were flagged down by relatives of a home in the 17400 block of Anglin Street regarding a child gunshot wound victim. Officers located Rylee in the bedroom of the home suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Medics arrived on the scene and transported Rylee to a local hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
It is alleged that the defendants produced and fired handguns multiple times from a vehicle into a group of people standing near the intersection of Anglin Street and Stender Avenue. It is further alleged that stray bullets entered the residence in the 17400 block of Anglin Street, striking Rylee who was playing inside the house when he was fatally shot in the head.in the head. Investigation by the Detroit Police Department led to the arrest of the defendants on August 20, 2025.
Demontrel Benard Wilson, Deonate Cornealous Cherry, and Terrance Jaland Blue have been charged with Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder, First Degree Murder, Conspiracy to Discharge Firearms from a Vehicle Causing Death, Weapons-Discharging Firearms from a Vehicle Causing Death.* Wilson and Blue have also been charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.*
“Rylee Love was the ultimate innocent victim. The alleged actions of these defendants directly caused his senseless death. I have said many times that bullets have no eyes or sense of direction. The bullets in this case struck a child playing in his house and he will not see another day,” said Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
The defendants were all arraigned this afternoon and remanded to jail today. The Probable Cause Conference is on September 2, 2025, and the Preliminary Examination is on September 9,2025, both before Judge Shawn Jacque.
Please request a photograph of the defendants from the Detroit Police Department after the arraignment.
*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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