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Video: Man Collects Insect Larvae Following Long Beach OIS

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Criminal Bleeds Out On The Tracks

Long Beach, Ca: The pursuit of a stolen van in South Gate/Long Beach California ended in an officer involved shooting Monday afternoon.

The pursuit wound its way through So Cal freeways and surface streets before ending in the parking lot of an industrial center.

One suspect bailed from the van and immediately surrendered to pursuing officers. The other two suspects, identified as a hispanic female and male, bailed from the stolen white van after turning into the industrial park with no exit.

The two suspects, the driver and a passenger, jumped fences, ran under an overpass and ended up running alongside some railroad tracks, pursued by at least 3 police officers.

As the suspects made their getaway, the male half began digging inside of a backpack and at one point, removed an item and made movements suggesting he was going to “fire” on pursuing officers. Subsequent investigation revealed he didn’t have a firearm, but tools.

Regardless, when the dope made movements suggesting he did have a firearm, the officers fired in the direction of the suspect.

The suspect fell a couple of times during the exchange, finally sucking his last breath and ended up kneeling on the side of the railroad tracks, bleeding out.

The video is somewhat graphic, but it’s the carcass of a criminal, who cares.

Firefighter paramedics responded to the scene but found the suspect deceased, collecting insect larvae on the side of the tracks, with his pants around his knees.

Thug life…

Source: KTLA

Fatal Shooting On Detroit’s West Side

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1 Dead In Fatal Shooting On Detroit’s West Side

A man was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle on Lesure & Keeler Saturday afternoon around 1:00PM.


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Detroit police officers from the 2nd Precinct were dispatch to the 15400 block of Lesure, just north of Keeler St on reports of a shooting.

Witnesses at the scene described the suspects as 2 black males armed with a rifle and handgun. They were last seen walking away from the scene.

The 2nd Precinct requested a K9 Unit to the scene and K9-1 responded from the 4th Precinct.

The victims vehicle, a silver Ford Explorer was taken to a secure lot and entered into evidence.

Detroit Fire’s Engine 30 and DEMS Medic 10 also responded.

Detroit Firefighters And EMS To Get Body Armor

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Photo Courtesy of John Natiw @Detroit_Medic

If you’ve followed this account for any time at all, you’ll know the dangers faced by our firefighters and EMT/Paramedics. There isn’t a day that goes by where they aren’t faced with dangerous circumstances when making scenes. From irate citizens, theft and outright attacks on their personages, Detroit’s first responders are often left to fend for themselves. Detroit Police do their best to protect them, but this is Detroit, the calvary isn’t always available.

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The article below is from the Detroit News and George Hunter.

Detroit firefighters and emergency technicians may soon be equipped with body armor.

Fire Commissioner Eric Jones said he has secured funding to outfit his employees with the protective gear, which he said is sorely needed to protect them, especially given the recent spate of police officers shot in the city.

“We just had an EMT shot in Dallas,” he said. “The way things are going here in Detroit lately, I’m surprised no (fire department employees) have been shot. But it’s the law of averages. My guys have to be safe out there.”

A Dallas paramedic Monday was shot while treating a gunshot victim. The suspect was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The paramedic is expected to live.

In Detroit, through the years there have been several attacks on firefighters and EMTs. In March 2016, a medical technician was injured by irate family members of a man who was having trouble breathing, police said. The man’s relatives broke the window of the rig, shattering the glass and cutting the EMT, requiring a hospital visit.

Six months earlier, a Detroit EMS paramedic and her partner were slashed with a box cutter outside a Cass Corridor homeless shelter. Michael Montgomery was charged, pleaded guilty to several crimes, including assault, and was sentenced to up to 10 years. Montgomery also was convicted in a 2005 rape and homicide, and was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to up to 80 years for those crimes.

“You can’t prevent everything, but I can take some reasonable, prudent steps to take care of these guys,” said Jones, a longtime Detroit police official. “They’re on the same scenes as the police officers, and they face the same dangers. Many times when you arrive at a (crime) scene, and you think the suspect has left, but they haven’t. So our people need to be protected.”

Jones said he submitted a budget that included a $500,000 outlay for body armor, which was approved by the City Council and Mayor Mike Duggan.

“The question now is: Do we put out bids, or use the same company as DPD?” Jones said. “I’ll probably start the bidding and contract negotiation process, and then start scheduling people to come in and get fitted.”

Jones said there are a few other cities, including Miami, which provide body armor for firefighters and EMTs.

“Chicago doesn’t issue them to their people, but it’s allowed if they want to buy them,” he said. “There are other private ambulance companies across the nation that provide them. Some other jurisdictions provide them, but not too many.”

ghunter@detroitnews.com

(313) 222-2134

Twitter: @GeorgeHunter_DN

From The Detroit News

Shooting On Burt Rd & Dover May 5 2017

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Shooting On Burt & Dover On Detroit’s West Side

Detroit police responded to reports of a shooting early Friday morning. Detroit police officers of the 6th Precinct discovered 1 shot at a residence on Burt Rd, just north of Dover on Detroit’s west side.

Detroit Fire’s Engine 55 and Detroit EMS Medic 22 also responded to the scene.

Victims condition is unknown.

No further details are available at this time.

Detroit Gang Members Plead Guilty to Racketeering Charges

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Detroit Gang Members Plead Guilty

Two members, including the top leader, of the Detroit branch of the Rollin 60s Crips street gang pleaded guilty yesterday to various racketeering and firearms offenses based on their roles in gang-related murders, shootings, and drug distribution.

The guilty pleas are the result of the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and the community to reduce homicide and other violent crime under the Detroit One program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.

Joining in the announcement was S. Robin Shoemaker, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, David P. Gelios, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Chief James Craig of the Detroit Police Department.

According to the indictment, the Rollin’ 60s Crips is a national street gang founded in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1970s. In 2008, Jerome Hamilton, who pleaded guilty yesterday, started a Detroit line of the Rollin 60s, which now boasts approximately 150 members and who operated primarily on the west side of Detroit in the vicinity of Seven Mile and Tracey.

The Rollin 60s Detroit chapter is a violent organization responsible for numerous assaults, robberies, carjackings and the unlawful possession and trafficking of firearms and narcotics in and around the Detroit metropolitan area over the last nine years.

The gang uses violence as a means of retribution for acts done by rival gang members, to intimidate witnesses, and as a means for individuals to maintain or advance their position within the gang.

The leader, Jerome Hamilton, 24, of Southfield, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence causing death.

As part of the underlying racketeering activity, Hamilton took responsibility for the August 8, 2011 homicide of Kionte Atkins during a drive-by shooting and being involved in the distribution of marijuana as part of his membership with the Rollin 60s Crips. plea agreement calls for a sentence of 30 to 35 years in prison.

Another gang member, Roderek Perry, 22, of Detroit, also pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and use and carry of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

According to his plea documents, Perry was a member of the Rollin 60s Crips from 2011 to 2016. Perry admitted to participating in the drive-by shooting of Kionte Atkins on August 8, 2011, as well as a June 20, 2012 attempted robbery that left Perry’s fellow gang member dead after Perry inadvertently killed him during the robbery.

In addition, Perry sold narcotics to fund activities of the gang. Perry’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of 30 to 35 years in prison.

“Violence in our communities will not be tolerated and this investigation should serve as a warning to others threatening the safety of our citizens,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Robin Shoemaker. “ATF will continue to partner with our law enforcement partners to protect our neighborhoods from violent organized street gangs.”

“Violent Gangs should have no place or acceptance in our communities. It should be clear from today’s outcome that gang members cannot avoid responsibility for their crimes and law enforcement will not stop going after them,” said David P. Gelios, Special Agent in Charge, Detroit Division of the FBI.

Hamilton and Perry are the tenth and eleventh members of the Rollin 60s Crips to plead guilty in this investigation.

Other Rollin 60s Crips members have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy for acts involving carjackings, armed robberies, firebombing, unarmed robberies, and distributing narcotics on behalf of the gang. Those members are:

– Darriyon Mills, 25, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence;

– Jonathan Barber, 25, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy;

– Deaires Foster, 23, of Irondale, Alabama, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy;

– Timothy Price, 27, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy;

– Sadeisha Johns, 32, of West Bloomfield, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy;

– Soumo Kennedy, 23, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy;

– Brandon Kennedy, 23, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy;

– Charles Anthony Smith, 32, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy; and

– Tre Tigner, 23, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy.

Three other alleged members of the gang are scheduled to begin trial on July 11, 2017, before Chief Judge Denise Page Hood.

The case is being investigated by the ATF’s Comprehensive Violence Reduction Program, which includes representatives of the Detroit Police, Michigan State Police, and Michigan Department of Corrections, in coordination with the FBI Violent Crime Task Force, and Detroit Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eaton Brown and Shane Cralle.

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