Detroit Police, Fire & Severe Weather Incidents
Detroit’s NE Side 9:30PM 7.28.24: DPD’s 9th Precinct is working a shooting in the 19100 block of Goulburn x Lappin. DFD’s Engine 60 (MFR) and EMS also responded. DPD Scouts asked for Engine 60 to pull around asap. Engine 60 was then canceled by scouts after the GSW victim was privately conveyed to a local hospital. EMS was also canceled.
Detroit’s East Side 7:15PM 7.28.24: DPD responded to the 19300 block of Packard x Emery on reports of a shooting. Dispatch audio suggests it may have been a female. A 911 caller reported her cousin had been shot. DFD’s Engine 60 (MFR) and Superior Medic 66 were also dispatched to the scene.
via OCSO: A 21-year old man drowned while swimming yesterday, 7.27.24, in Kent Lake, marking the fourth drowning in 3 weeks in Oakland County lakes.
The death was the 10th in an Oakland County lake so far this year.
The other drownings were:
On July 6th, a 62yo Detroit man fell off a boat and into the water on White Lake and did not surface.
On July 16th, a 21yo Highland Township swimmer drowned in Townsend Lake, Independence Township.
On July 20th, a 20yo Detroit man drowned while swimming with a friend in Taylor Lake, Rose Township.
Yesterday’s incident happened at around 6pm at the lakes Martindale Beach in Kensington Metropark, Milford Township. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team (SSRT) was initially dispatched on the report that a child may have gone into the water.
Upon arrival, the SSRT learned that the Detroit man had been swimming with a friend when the man began to struggle and went under the water in the marked swimming area. Investigators believe the victim may have attempted to grab a nearby buoy but couldn’t hold on. The friend did not speak English, making it difficult to convey to others on shore that the man was in peril.
Another swimmer in the water at the time saw the victim go underwater and was able to alert authorities.
SSRT, assisted by Southeast Michigan Dive Group strike teams from Livingston and Wayne counties, found the man in approximately 6-8 feet of water 50 yards from shore. He was unresponsive when taken to shore.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital by Milford Township Fire Department paramedics where he was later pronounced deceased.
SSRT continues to investigate the drowning.
Royal Oak 2:50AM 7.28.24: Michigan State Police responded to the southbound I-75 near 11 Mile Rd early Sunday morning on reports of a multiple vehicle crash.
MSP: The Detroit Regional Communication Center (DRCC) started receiving calls of a wrong way driver in a black Volkswagen driving north in the southbound lanes of I-75.
The DRCC then received calls that the wrong way driver had crashed into a Dodge Caravan near 11 Mile. Royal Oak Police Officers arrived on scene and confirmed the crash and began ramping vehicles off the freeway to secure the scene.
Royal Oak Police advised the Volkswagen was on fire and there were numerous victims.
The on scene investigation determined the driver of the Volkswagen was traveling the wrong way on the freeway when they struck the Caravan.
The at fault driver was pronounced dead on scene. The Caravan was occupied by four people. Three of the four occupants were pronounced dead on the scene. One of the occupants was transported to a local hospital and was in critical condition.
Metro North troopers are continuing to process evidence, identify victims and notify family. The investigation pends ME reports, vehicle inspections and other follow up. The freeway was closed for six hours for the investigation and clean up.
Traffic Crash:
— MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) July 28, 2024
07/28 at 2:50 AM
Location:
South I-75 near 11 Mile Rd. Royal Oak
Synopsis:
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Detroit’s NW Side 10:45PM 7.27.24: Detroit PD’s 10th Precinct are investigating a double shooting in the 2900 block of Sturtevant x Lawton. Arriving scouts discovered 2 people shot at the scene, a male with a GSW to the hand and a female with a GSW to the thigh, according to dispatch audio..
DFD’s Engine 40 (MFR) and DEMS Medic 1 were also dispatched to the scene. No further information at this time.