KALAMAZOO, MI — Police are saying a homicide that took place in Kalamazoo’s Northside neighborhood early Sunday morning was captured on video.

Kevin Dixon, 32, of Kalamazoo, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 28, on a charge of of open murder, as well as four additional charges, in the shooting death of Cordaro Deere, also of Kalamazoo.

During a probable cause hearing held earlier on Wednesday, Kalamazoo Police Detective John Stolsonburg stated that officers received video footage of the Aug. 25 incident from a neighbor in the area.

That video also recorded audio during the shooting, he said.

Upon reviewing the video, Stolsonburg said officers were able to confirm that there had a been a verbal altercation between the two men in the 1100 block of Mason Street and that the victim, Deere, “could be seen walking away from Dixon, (and heard) stating he didn’t want any beef.”

“Deere can then be seen walking toward Douglas Avenue, and a man (a witness) believes to be Dixon can be seen raising his arm and you could hear gunshots (being fired) in the direction of the victim," Stolsonburg stated.

The man suspected to be Dixon was then seen fleeing the scene in a silver sedan.

Deere, who had a gunshot wound in his upper torso when police arrived, was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital, where he died later that morning. Autopsy results, Stolsonburg said, confirmed the cause of death was homicide by gunshot.

Soon after police obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect Wednesday morning, Dixon was arrested by members of Kalamazoo Metro SWAT, with assistance from Michigan State Police, in the 3000 block of South Burdick Street.

Dixon was charged with open murder, two counts of felony firearm possession, a concealed-carry charge and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, he faces a potential life sentence on the murder charge, a mandatory two years on each felony firearm charge and up to five years on each of the latter two charges.

Dixon was denied bond by Kalamazoo County District Court Magistrate Nicholas Schaberg during his arraignment hearing Wednesday.

Schaberg said that there “was obviously a great concern for public safety should (Dixon) be released from custody” and that “there’s also great concern of a flight risk when you have this type of charge.”

Dixon is scheduled for a preliminary examination in Kalamazoo County District Court on Sept. 18.

The killing is the seventh reported homicide in the city of Kalamazoo so far this year, matching the total from 2018, according to MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette files.