New Year’s Double Fatal Shooting In Detroit
Detroit – 1 January 2017: The New Year had barely poked its ugly head up when shots rang out all over Detroit. Some of those shots claimed the lives of 3 men, 2 in west Detroit and 1 in northeast Detroit.
The double fatal shooting occurred on the 7800 block of Faust Avenue in Detroit’s west side.
At around 4:00am, police units were dispatched on reports of a shooting. Earlier that evening, units were dispatched to the same area for an assault & battery, although the address given to 911 operators was nonexistent. The disposition of that call is unknown.
When units of the 6th Precinct arrived on the shooting scene, they found 2 victims, father & son, ages 39 and 21 inside and outside the dwelling suffering from gunshot wounds. Both victims were pronounced dead on the scene by Detroit EMS.
No information is available on the shooter(s). 6th Precinct PDU is investigating the shooting.
New Years eve saw other shootings in Detroit that included a 5 year old child with non-life threatening GSWs, a male who was shot in the hand at 7 Mile & The Lodge Freeway and another double shooting with one dead in northeast Detroit.
The child was transported to Children’s Hospital in temp-serious condition with a GSW to the leg. The fatal shooting in Detroit’s northeast included a victim with non-fatal wounds. He was transported to St John’s Hospital. The fatal shooting victim was pronounced dead on the scene by Detroit EMS.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
or not…
Fly low, avoid the radar….
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