Mother tells Flint City Council her son was killed; questions police actions at Memorial Day weekend shooting

During the public comment portion of a Flint City Council meeting, Renee Anderson said her son, Kevon Sykes, was killed downtown during Memorial Day weekend and questioned police conduct at the scene.

Anderson told the council, “I'm back here from I was down here on the seventh talking about my son, Kevon Sykes, to get killed downtown Flint Memorial Day weekend. It was over a thousand people down there. Somebody got to shooting. People got to running.”

She said her children were running and her youngest child was hit by a bullet. Anderson said investigators found about 100 shell casings and asked why officers had guns drawn over her son: “What are you talking about? Why was the police standing over Keyvan with guns pulled on him and he laying down in the street? Why is 7 or 8 policemen get their guns pulled on my son? And he was not a shooter. He was a victim.”

The remarks were made during public comment; the meeting transcript does not record any formal response from council members in the excerpt provided. No motions or council actions tied to Anderson's comments are recorded in the supplied transcript segments.

Anderson framed her statements as a request that the public and council be made aware of what she described as discrepancies in police response. The transcript does not include additional details such as investigative findings, police statements, or whether the council directed staff to follow up.

The council began the session with a roll call and a reading of the city code and council rules on disorderly conduct and public comment, including references to Flint city code section 31-10 and Flint City Council rules 29.8 and 29.9, before opening the public comment period.