Detroit Police, Fire & Severe Weather Incidents
Detroit’s East Side: Detroit Fire’s Engine 56 discovered a body inside a burned out vehicle early Friday morning around 4:45AM. Engine 56 was dispatched to the vehicle fire at Hamlet & Albany and found a body burned beyond recognition. Detroit Police Arson was notified of the discovery.
(Clay Township) A body was recovered in the St. Clair River this morning and is believed to be the missing swimmer from Friday night.
St. Clair County Central Dispatch received a call at about 7:45 a.m. from a relative of Riley Gleason, who had been missing since jumping off a boat Friday evening. The relative had rented a plane and spotted a body off Russell Island.
Algonac Fire and Rescue sent a boat into the area and located the body. It was transported back to shore and taken to the morgue at McLaren Port Huron Hospital. The St. Clair County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an examination to make positive identification of the person located. The M.E.’s Office has given no timeline on when they will release their findings.
Members of the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team had been searching for Gleason since he was first reported missing on Friday night shortly before 9:00 p.m. Gleason had jumped off a boat that was in the St. Clair River behind the St. Clair Inn. He immediately began calling for help. Friends attempted to assist, but Gleason disappeared under the water.
Also assisting in the search efforts were dive teams from the Sanilac, Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County Sheriff’s Office. The U.S. Coast Guard, St. Clair Fire Department, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Border Patrol.
Detroit’s East Side: A man was shot and killed Tuesday evening at around 9:45PM @ Agnes St & Belvedere St on Detroit’s east side.
Detroit Police received a 911 call stating a man had been shot in the middle of the street. Upon arrival officers found a 31 year old man down in the street suffering from gunshots wounds.
Witnesses told the police the victim was shot while he was inside his vehicle on Belvidere, dragged from the vehicle and left to die in the street. Detroit EMS Medic 12 pronounced the victim dead on the scene.
The carjacker, described on dispatch tapes as a black male wearing a red bandana over his face, left the scene in the victim’s 2005 silver Ford 500, last seen travelling southbound on Belvidere from Agnes. Michigan license place DVU 5015.
If you have any information that could identify the shooter in this murder, contact the Detroit Police or call 1-800-SpeakUp anonymously.
Detroit: At approximately 1:00AM Monday morning, Detroit Fire, Detroit EMS and the Michigan State Police were dispatched to the W/B I-94 to N/B M10 ramp on reports of a traffic accident. Detroit Fire’s Engine 17 and Squad 2 were first to reach the accident. Companies discovered a vehicle had left the roadway and struck a bridge, ejecting the driver. DEMS Medic 20 pronounced the driver deceased on scene.
via Michigan State Police: On 7/15 at approximately 1:00AM, troopers responded to the W/B I 94 to the N/B M-10 ramp for a crash. Initial investigation revealed a black charger lost control when it entered onto the ramp from W/B I 94 to N/B M-10.
The Charger went on to the grass, struck a raised manhole cover and went airborne, striking the bridge. The driver was ejected onto the underside of the bridge slope.
The vehicle continued downward on struck a bridge pylon. The male driver was killed in the crash. The driver in this crash has been identified as a 43 year old male from Chesterfield.
Michigan State Police
Detroit’s West Side – 315AM Monday 15 July 2019: Detroit EMS Medic 11 was dispatched to a man down call @ Schoolcraft & Greenview early Monday morning.
Upon arrival, medics discovered a male in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound to the head. Medic 11 pronounced the male victim deceased and notified DEMS Central Dispatch of the shooting scene.
The victim is described as a male black, 20s, 5′ 7″, wearing a white shirt, dark blue Adidas shorts and flip flops.
Detroit Police are investigating.
If you have any information about this shooting/victim, call 1-800-SpeakUp or the Detroit Police Department.