Detroit 11:45PM: Detroit Police are investigating a shooting on the west side after a child gained access to an unsecured handgun and was accidentally shot in the leg. Dispatch audio suggests a friend of the child’s mother is the owner of the handgun.

The shooting occurred in the 14400 block of Hubbell according to dispatch audio. The 12th Precinct is responding to both Sinai-Grace Hospital and the shooting scene. The person who owns the weapon has yet to be detained and the weapon is said to be somewhere inside the child’s bedroom.

The child was privately conveyed to Sinai-Grace Hospital, condition unknown.

Update: The child is in stable condition.

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Child Shot In Chest

Update: The child has died at Children’s Hospital in Detroit.

Warren: Warren PD received reports of a 10 year old child being shot at around 1:00PM this afternoon at the Warren Manor Apartments, 21500 Dequindre.

Arriving officers discovered the 10 year old with a gunshot wound to the chest. Warren Fire Department quickly stabilized the child and conveyed to Children’s Hospital in Detroit, escorted by multiple Warren PD units.

The circumstances surrounded the shooting are unclear, but Warren PD conveyed some children from the shooting scene to police headquarters…I’m not about to assume anything but….secure your weapons, keep them away from children, full stop.

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Biltmore & Trojan

Detroit’s West Side (11:45PM): DPD is investigating a shooting @ Biltmore & Trojan Monday night at around 11:45PM. Reports indicate shots were fired into an occupied dwelling, grazing the child.

There is no dispatch audio of this incident as the child was privately conveyed to the hospital. Local hospitals are required to notify police when someone is admitted with a gunshot wound. Detroit Police evidence techs were dispatched to process the scene of a non-fatal shooting.

Reports indicate the child is in stable condition.

This is the 2nd instance of a child being grazed by a bullet fired into an occupied building this month. In that January 9th incident, a 7 year old child was grazed by a bullet fired into an occupied dwelling on Detroit’s east side.

If you have information on this incident contact the Detroit Police Department’s Eighth Precinct Investigative Unit at 313-596-5840. You can also submit tips anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. 

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2 Adults 1 Child Shot Tuesday Morning

Detroit’s West Side – Tuesday July 9 2019 @5:00AM: Detroit Police responded to reports of shots fired and a man suffering a gunshot wound to the head on the 7200 block of MacKenzie, Detroit’s west side.

Officer’s from the 2nd & 4th Precincts responded and found 3 with gunshot wounds. A 39 year old male, a 29 year old female and an 8 year old child. Initially officers had thought 2 juveniles had been shot but later discovered a 3 year old had been injured during the incident but not shot. The children are described as a male and a female.

An 11 year old managed to escape, according to dispatch audio, and ran to the area of Wykes & Tireman.

In addition to officers from the 2nd & 4th Precincts, Detroit EMS Medics 2, 5, 10 & 9 responded to the MacKenzie shooting scene. DEMS Medic 9 was sent to Wykes & Tireman.

Later in the day, the DPD arrested a 25 year old male for the shootings.

All of the shooting victims are reportedly in critical condition. The 3 year old received non life threatening injuries. The 11 year old’s injuries are unknown. Police say shootings may have occurred during a domestic disturbance.

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