Overview
- Police responded to gunfire at the Hidden Gem restaurant just after the venue's late-night hours and found one man dead at the scene while two other victims were taken to hospitals, one of whom later died and the other suffered a graze wound.
- Southfield police have identified the two deceased as Christopher Griffith Jr., 24, and Johnny Jackson, 28, and have not announced any arrests in the case.
- Investigators recovered a Glock 9mm from one of the deceased and three additional handguns from the restaurant’s security staff, and all weapons were submitted to ballistics for comparison and analysis.
- Officials say the restaurant was operating after hours without a liquor license, management has cooperated with investigators, and police say there appears to be no ongoing threat while urging anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers.
- The probe faces challenges because two victims were privately taken to separate hospitals and the graze-wounded man reportedly refused to cooperate, making ballistics results and public tips critical to determining who fired the shots and any potential administrative enforcement.