Detroit Police Officer Shot On Detroit’s West Side

Detroit Police Officer In Serious Condition

#BREAKING: OFFICER DOWN: 10075 Joy Rd in the 8th Precinct. Suspect driving a 2004 Ford Focus. DRT 5191. https://t.co/TyzNErYNwh

— Motor City 911 (@DetroitScanner) May 1, 2017

Detroit Police Dispatch Audio

Detroit Police Officer Still In Critical Condition

Detroit – 1045PM: A Detroit police officer was shot on Detroit’s west side Sunday night.

Officers from the 2nd Precinct, Unit 21, responded to reports of an assault & battery at Joy Rd & Dawes.

As the 2 officers attempted to make contact to the reporting person, the suspect emerged and started firing on the officers with a .25 semi-automatic handgun.

Both officers returned fire and struck the suspect.

The suspect was killed and remains on the scene. The suspects weapon was also recovered.

The dead suspects relation to the original call is unknown.

The suspect tied to the original call left the scene in the assault & battery victims vehicle before the officers arrived.

The wounded officer is a 14 year veteran of the DPD. The officer’s partner, a rookie just 6 months out of the academy was not wounded.

The wounded officer was conveyed to Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn by another DPD scout while other scouts blocked roads and intersections leading into Dearborn.

#BREAKING: Officer is now at the hospital. One suspect appears to be down on scene, 1 weapon recovered.

— Motor City 911 (@DetroitScanner) May 1, 2017

The officer is in critical condition with a “devastating” gunshot wound to the back of the head.

46-year-old POS James Ray has been identified as the shooter.

“Our investigators are estimating that our officers knocked kicked a number of times on the door trying to gain entry unsuccessfully,” said Chief James Craig.

“They were responding to a domestic assault and battery, a woman calling for help.”

“As Ray left his apartment building with a gun, he has actually chambered a round in his weapon,” Craig said. “As he approached the front door that was locked he opened the front door with the gun extended. His arm was extended and the officers responded.

“The officer that was shot fired several rounds from his department issued weapon and simultaneously both the officer and the suspect fell to the ground.”

The wounded officer is the 5th Detroit police officer shot this year and the 7th officer injured or killed since September of 2016. 2 officers of the 12th Precinct were shot by a shotgun wielding knucklehead on Easter Sunday 2017 and 2 officers from the 3rd Precinct were shot on March 15th by a dirtbag thought to be connected to Sgt Collin Rose’s murder in 2016.

Ray’s carcass was eventually bagged and tagged by the medical examiners office.