Dispatch Audio: Dearborn PD OIS at Tireman & Normile on Detroit’s West Side.

Dearborn Police Pursuit & Officer Involved Shooting

Detroit/Dearborn: Dearborn PD had a pursuit on Detroit’s west side that terminated when the pursued vehicle struck a building at Tireman & Normile.

Dispatch Audio from Dearborn PD suggests the vehicle was wanted in a missing person case. Pursuing officers reported losing sight of the vehicle while on Tireman but also reported debris in the roadway, suggesting the pursued vehicle had struck another car. Officers in the area then reported the wanted vehicle had struck a building on Normile & Tireman.

Officers then reported shots being fired at them by the driver of the stationary vehicle and 1 officer returned fire. It’s unknown if that officers shots took effect. No officers were injured during the incident.

2 Dead At Tireman & Normile

Once the scene was secure enough, officers approached the vehicle and found one deceased person in the trunk of the vehicle and 1 female passenger, trapped in the wreckage. That female notified officers the driver had shot himself, apparently fatally. Multiple agencies assisted Dearborn PD according to dispatch audio, including Detroit PD, Detroit Fire, Detroit EMS, Dearborn Heights PD and Dearborn Fire/Rescue.

Michigan State Police Update #1

Update via MSP:

via MSP:Assist Dearborn Police Department:
11/27/22 at 2:05 PM
Location: Tireman/Normile, Dearborn

MSP/DPD members of the DPD Homicide Task Force (HTF) is assisting the Dearborn Police Department with a officer involved shooting.

Preliminary Information, which is subject to change, revealed that the Dearborn Police Department was attempting to stop a vehicle that was involved in a endangered missing person investigation. There was a pursuit where officers lost the suspect vehicle.

A crash scene was located a short distance away from where the officers lost sight of the vehicle. As the Dearborn officers approached the crash scene there was an exchange of gun fire between officers and the suspect.

As the officers cleared the crash scene, the suspect driver was found dead with a gun shot wound. Detectives will work with the ME to determine the cause of death. There were also human remains found in the trunk of the suspect vehicle. Those remains have not been identified.

One passenger was also transported to a local hospital with injuries from the crash. No officers or members of the public were hurt. The HTF is handling the investigation which may have ties to another out of state homicide investigation.

There will be no further updates of this incident tonight as the investigation continues. As you can imagine this is a complicated scene and this investigation will take a considerable amount of on scene investigation.

Michigan State Police Update #2

via MSP: Dearborn Investigation Update:
HTF members are continuing their investigation into the incident that occurred on 11/27 on Normile Street. Preliminary investigation revealed that Dearborn PD received a Flock License Plate Reader notification of a missing endangered vehicle.

The vehicle was reported out of Murfreesboro Tennessee. The vehicle was confirmed as a 2020 Dodge SRT, black in color with Tennessee plates. The suspect vehicle was reported on Warren near Greenfield.

Dearborn officers observed the vehicle and caught up to it on Forrer St. near Warren Ave where it stopped on the right shoulder. Officers begin to approach and the suspect driver flees. The officers lose sight of the vehicle and terminate the pursuit.

The officers were eastbound on Tireman St near Normile St and observe the Dodge crashed into a residence. Officers approach giving verbal commands and a gunshot is heard and officers return fire.

A 34 year old female is detained from the front passenger seat and transported to a local hospital for injuries from the crash.

The 36 year old female driver has one gunshot wound to the head and is pronounced dead at the scene. Officers located a 31 year old female in the trunk that appears to have trauma that was not a result from the crash. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 9mm Glock pistol was recovered from the suspect vehicle. Autopsies are scheduled for today. Detectives are currently working with Murfreesboro Police Detectives. They are also gathering further evidence, executing search warrants and interviewing witnesses.

This investigation is ongoing and any information is subject to change. We will continue to update this investigation as new information develops.

Michigan State Police Update #3

Dearborn Endangered Missing Investigation Update:
Detectives working with the Wayne County Medical Examiner have identified the two women involved in the crash: The driver (suspect) of the vehicle has been identified as: Dominique Hardwick, 36, of Lebanon, Tennessee.

The victim located in the trunk of the car has been identified as: Eleni Kassa, 31 years old from Murfreesboro, TN.

Eleni was reported missing to the Murfreesboro Police Department on November 18th.

Autopsy results for Hardwick are consistent with a self inflicted gunshot wound. The circumstances surrounding Eleni’s death have not been determined. Detectives are still interviewing witnesses, including the front seat passenger in the crash.

Assist Dearborn Police Department:
11/27/22 at 2:05 PM
Location:  Tireman/Normile, Dearborn
Synopsis: 
MSP/DPD members of the DPD Homicide Task Force (HTF) is assisting the Dearborn Police Department with a officer involved shooting. 1/ pic.twitter.com/WEmJZt9MbK

— MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) November 27, 2022

Dearborn Police Dispatch Audio