Shooting On Detroit’s West Side Leads To Fatal Traffic Collision

Shooting On Detroit’s West Side Leads To Fatal Collision

Detroit Police Dispatch Audio

A shooting on Detroit’s west side lead to a fatal traffic collision at Grand River & Schaefer early Tuesday morning. Detroit police responded to reports of a shooting on the 14000 block of Northlawn this morning at 7:25AM.

Police from the 10th Precinct were called to the scene following a 911 call describing a man armed with a shotgun shooting inside and outside the residence on Northlawn.

10th Precinct Unit 10-3 soon spotted the suspect, identified as 34 year old Dante Lindsay, driving a green 2008 Chevrolet Uplander at Davison & Wyoming.

The audio suggests Unit 10-3 had activated lights and siren at that point.

The above audio has a lot of gaps in the transmissions, but a supervisor soon asked for speed & conditions present during the pursuit.

Radio transmissions suggest the pursuit was then terminated by supervisors.

A few minutes later, another unit had located the suspects vehicle traveling south on Schaefer from Schoolcraft in the 2nd Precinct, notifiying dispatch they were following the suspects vehicle but had not activated lights or siren.

The suspects vehicle continued south on Schaefer until striking another vehicle between Green River & the I-96 Service Drive (Jeffries Freeway).

Units on the scene notified dispatch that 1 suspect was in custody and another down, possibly a “k-type (Fatal).