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Shooting At Greektown Casino In Downtown Detroit

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Non Fatal Shooting In Downtown Detroit Casino


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Downtown Detroit – 2:30AM April 1 2017: Units from Detroit PD’s 3rd Precinct were called early this morning to a report of a man with a gun. Rock Command Security had the subject under surveillance pointing a gun at another male.

The suspect was described as a black male with dreads, no shirt and wearing white pants. As units from the 3rd Precinct and Casino units assigned to the area rushed to the scene, Rock Command Security noted the subject had shot 3 times in the air.

Further investigation found a victim of a gunshot wound at Greektown Casino.

The suspect entered a yellow checker cab in the area of Monroe & Beuabien, still armed with a handgun in his waistband.

Detroit Police units converged on the scene and located the checker cab with the suspect still inside.

The victim was rushed to Detroit Receiving Hospital by a Detroit Emergency Service Medic.

The area surrounding the scene was taped off while Detroit police conducted their investigation.

Detroit PD evidence techs were dispatched to the scene for a “non fatal shooting”.

I’ll update if any more information becomes available.

Video: Non-Fatal Shooting On Detroit’s West Side

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Non-Fatal Shooting Captured On Surveillance Camera

DETROIT – Detroit police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men wanted in connection with a shooting on the city’s west side.

Police released video that shows two men riding in a newer-model black sedan around 6 p.m. Thursday pull up to a parked car where two men are standing.

One of the men in the sedan got out with a gun and tried to rob a 50-year-old man. A struggle ensued and the man fired several shots at the victim, injuring him.

After the shots were fired, the shooter got back in the sedan and the two men drove away.

The victim was taken to a hospital and is listed in serious condition.

You can watch the surveillance video above.

The incident happened in the 300 block of Rosedale Court.

Police are searching for two armed men described as being in their 20s, black with light complexions and having thin builds. The driver of the sedan was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. The other man was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and black gym shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detroit police at 313-596-5340 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

via Local 4 News

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Missing Detroit Man’s Body 1 Of 2 Found After House Fire

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Body Discovered On Fire Scene Is Missing Detroit Man


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Detroit’s West Side-6th Precinct: 1 of 2 bodies found last night by companies of the Detroit Fire Department following a small fire on Detroit’s west side has been identified.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office says the man was identified as 26-year-old Andy Maldonado of Detroit.

Update: Mariah Rasnick was identified as the other body discovered. She died of multiple gunshot wounds. Gang activity may be a contributing factors in the death of Maldonado & Rasnick.

Detroit Fire’s 2nd Battalion found the 2 bodies after extinguishing a small fire at a vacant dwelling  on Mettetal Street.

Family members say Maldonado and his girlfriend Mariah Rasnick went missing last week. They searched for them on their own, but did not file a missing persons report.

Family members turned to social media asking for help finding them. They said the couple had last been seen on Saturday.  Someone set their apartment at Central and Lane in Southwest Detroit on fire early Sunday morning. Their burned out van was found nearby. (via @WXYZ)

Both bodies were found to be shot. The second body, that belonging to a female, has not been identified.

 

911 Dispatch Audio: Kidnapping In Detroit’s West Side

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Kidnapping On Detroit’s West Side

Edit: Source reports things are quiet on Indiana, no police activity. This may have been a crank call.

Detroit’s West Side: A 911 caller told dispatchers that her 1 year old son is missing.

The RP said she left child strapped in a car seat and left to retrieve other children in the house.

When she returned to the car, the child was missing. The RP said the child cannot walk on his own.

Indiana & Thatcher in the 12th Precinct.

This is a 911 call and it’s veracity cannot be confirmed.