Dispatch Audio: Officer Involved Shooting In NW Detroit

Detroit Police Officer Involved Shooting, Burt Rd & Hessell Ave

#BREAKING – Officer Down: Shots Fired: Burt & Hessell in the 8th Precinct.

Officer was struck in the head by a blunt object.

Suspect has been shot. DEMS is responding. (According to Transmissions)https://t.co/gVgv2AXqlM

— Motor City 911 (@DetroitScanner) February 2, 2018

Northwest Detroit – February 1 2018: A Detroit Police Officer was injured and an armed suspect was shot this evening around 8:40PM.

Officer’s from the 8th Precinct were conducting an investigation on a subject acting suspiciously in the 20500 Block of Burt Rd, north of Hessell in NW Detroit.

The suspect produced a firearm and struck an officer in the head, the officer fired on the suspect, striking him several times.

The officer, suffering from a blunt force trauma wound to the head was conveyed by Detroit Police Officers to Sinai-Grace Hospital.

The suspect was conveyed by Detroit EMS Medic 22 to Beaumont Hospital Trauma in Farmington Hills.

The 8th Precinct officer is in stable condition.

The suspect’s condition is said to be also stable.

Detroit Police Homicide and evidence techs are on the scene collecting evidence.

The below dispatch audio is edited for time. You can hear the original call for assistance, the injured officer being conveyed to Sinai-Grace by another DPD unit and the suspect being conveyed by DEMS Medic 22.

Detroit Police Full Dispatch Audio