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Shooting: Woodward & 7 Mile Road in Detroit’s North End

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detroit-police-car_1432938383641_18985892_ver1-0_640_480There was a shooting at Woodward & 7 Mile Road earlier today at around 2:00PM. 1 victim was found in an unidentified vehicle and conveyed to a local hospital by a Detroit EMS Medic unit. Units from DPD’s 12th Precinct; just west of Woodward on 7 Mile, secured the crime scene/MVA scene.. The large police presence shut down traffic for an extended period of time. Detroit Police evidence techs were en route at the time of this writing. The victims vehicle was towed to the Detroit Police impound yard for evidence.

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Shooting: Lahser & Pilgrim on Detroit’s NW Side

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bildeDetails are limited but there was a shooting this afternoon at around 12:00PM on the 15800 block of Lahser on Detroit’s NW side. Detroit Police confirmed the shooting and Detroit Fire’s Engine 57 and a DEMS Medic 4 responded to the scene. DEMS Medic 4 then conveyed the victim to Sinai-Grace Hospital in an unknown condition. Engine 57 accompanied Medic 4 to the hospital.

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Detroit Looking for Person of Interest in Officer Myron Jarrett’s LODD

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Detroit police are looking for a female person of interest who was seen entering a Detroit liquor store with suspect Steven Guzina on October 28 2016.

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UPDATE: The Detroit Police Department have made contact with this female person of interest. The woman checked herself into a local hospital and DPD investigators spoke to her there. She was not placed under arrest. Steven Guzina has been charged with murder in the death of Officer Myron Jarrett.

The prosecutor’s office charged Guzina with one count each of second-degree murder; operating while intoxicated, causing death; OWI causing serious bodily injury; failure to stop at the scene of a crash when at fault, resulting in fatal death; reckless driving causing death; and reckless driving causing serious impairment of a body function. via @DetroitNews

femalepoiDetroit, MI – The Detroit Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a female person of interest wanted in connection with the fatal crash involving a Detroit Police Officer.
On October 28, 2016 at approximately 11:00 p.m., in the 14500 block of Fenkell, a female person of interest can be seen entering and exiting a store, along with arrestee, Steven Guzina. The female shown is believed to have been the passenger in the vehicle that struck and killed Officer Myron Jarrett.

The female is described as an unknown female, 30-40 years old, light complexion, 5’3-5’5”, 130 lbs., wearing a multi colored hat, a blue jacket, and brown pants. She appears to have suffered a possible injury to her right arm.

If anyone recognizes this individual, knows of her whereabouts, or has any information pertaining to this crime, please call the Detroit Police Department Homicide at (313)596-2260 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-SPEAK UP.

Detroit’s Devils Night 2016. 3 Nights of Gas Fumes

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4775-200DETROIT October 29 2016: Tonight is the start of the legendary Devil’s Night in Detroit. It’s had bad years and good years, relatively speaking of course. It’s started off slow tonight with only a couple of trash fires, a kitchen fire and a dead body in a basement. Not exactly what you’d expect from a legendary night. There’s a number of reasons why I’m guessing, citizens having had enough and forming groups of Angels Night volunteers, a neighborhood watch movement started a few years ago. In addition to the volunteers, the Detroit Police Department has a number of units out assigned to task forces created to stop arsons in the city. That’s all well and good, it’s better to have no fires that box alarms dropping every 2 minutes, which has happened.

Day 1 of the 2016 Devil’s Night ended kind of, what’s the word, flaccid? No, that’s probably wrong but it certainly wasn’t as bad as previous years. I was able to hold on until around 4:00am, then passed out. A couple of fires broke out but certainly nothing major. Alex over at @FireandWeather was able to post a couple of short Periscope videos while prowling Detroit streets. You can find his Periscope account here. A fire on Rochelle & Celestine and another on Maiden & Roseberry, both on Detroit’s NE side. You can hear firefighters sigh of relief all the way here. Previous Devil’s Nights saw many more fires so a breather; not unlike last years, is welcome in all the firehouses. Motor City Muckraker is reporting 11 dwellings and 2 building fires last night/this morning. On to Day/Night/Morning 2.

“The number of fires on Devils’ Night have been steadily declining since the 1990s. Last year, the city had fewer fires on Devils’ Night than any year since the 1970s.” – Motor City Muckraker

Graph via Motor City Muckraker

Graph via Motor City Muckraker

 

October 30 2016 – Day/Night 2 of Detroit’s Devil’s Night 2016

October 29 2016 – Day/Night 1 of Detroit’s Devil’s Night 2016

Detroit Police Chief Craig’s Conference on Officer Myron Jarrett’s LODD

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Chief James E. Craig discusses circumstances surrounding fatal accident involving Detroit Police Officer.

Posted by Detroit Police Department on Saturday, October 29, 2016

 

twitterbadgeDETROIT: October 29, 2016 – Detroit Police Chief James Craig took a few moments to reflect on the life and service of Officer Myron Jarrett today, speaking of Officer Jarrett’s commitment to the City of Detroit, it’s citizens and to the Detroit Police Department. Officer Jarrett was an 8 year veteran of the Detroit Police Department spending the last 3 years as a member of the 12th Precinct’s patrol division. Officer Jarrett has 4 children with the oldest just returning from a deployment overseas while serving with the US military.

Chief Craig mentioned how respected Officer Jarrett was within the department and in the community. Coworkers had given Officer Jarrett the nickname of “salt and pepper” due to his graying hair. Officer Jarrett was a nice man, respected professional police officer who served the City of Detroit with distinction and never had a bad day. He was always in a good mood, loved his job and called his citation book “My Man Purse”. He enjoyed writing traffic citations because he believed it led to safer streets.

Chief Craig also recognized the multiple agencies who assisted the Detroit Police in the capture of Officer Jarrett’s murderer, Steven Patrick Guzina.

Detroit has lost two officers in the last two months. Sgt (Captain) Kenneth Steil in September and Officer Myron Jarrett this month, October 2016. Hearts are heavy in and outside the City of Detroit, we once again lost one our finest.

And so it goes.

Please take a moment and visit Officer Jarrett’s Officer Down Memorial Page.

There will eventually be a fund set up for Officer Jarrett’s family and when that happens, I’ll be posting it here. Please keep Officer Jarrett’s family in your prayers. Another heartbreaking day in Detroit.