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Dispatch Audio: Dearborn PD OIS at Tireman & Normile on Detroit’s West Side.

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Dearborn Police Pursuit & Officer Involved Shooting

Detroit/Dearborn: Dearborn PD had a pursuit on Detroit’s west side that terminated when the pursued vehicle struck a building at Tireman & Normile.

Dispatch Audio from Dearborn PD suggests the vehicle was wanted in a missing person case. Pursuing officers reported losing sight of the vehicle while on Tireman but also reported debris in the roadway, suggesting the pursued vehicle had struck another car. Officers in the area then reported the wanted vehicle had struck a building on Normile & Tireman.

Officers then reported shots being fired at them by the driver of the stationary vehicle and 1 officer returned fire. It’s unknown if that officers shots took effect. No officers were injured during the incident.

2 Dead At Tireman & Normile

Once the scene was secure enough, officers approached the vehicle and found one deceased person in the trunk of the vehicle and 1 female passenger, trapped in the wreckage. That female notified officers the driver had shot himself, apparently fatally. Multiple agencies assisted Dearborn PD according to dispatch audio, including Detroit PD, Detroit Fire, Detroit EMS, Dearborn Heights PD and Dearborn Fire/Rescue.

Michigan State Police Update #1

Update via MSP:

via MSP:Assist Dearborn Police Department:
11/27/22 at 2:05 PM
Location: Tireman/Normile, Dearborn

MSP/DPD members of the DPD Homicide Task Force (HTF) is assisting the Dearborn Police Department with a officer involved shooting.

Preliminary Information, which is subject to change, revealed that the Dearborn Police Department was attempting to stop a vehicle that was involved in a endangered missing person investigation. There was a pursuit where officers lost the suspect vehicle.

A crash scene was located a short distance away from where the officers lost sight of the vehicle. As the Dearborn officers approached the crash scene there was an exchange of gun fire between officers and the suspect.

As the officers cleared the crash scene, the suspect driver was found dead with a gun shot wound. Detectives will work with the ME to determine the cause of death. There were also human remains found in the trunk of the suspect vehicle. Those remains have not been identified.

One passenger was also transported to a local hospital with injuries from the crash. No officers or members of the public were hurt. The HTF is handling the investigation which may have ties to another out of state homicide investigation.

There will be no further updates of this incident tonight as the investigation continues. As you can imagine this is a complicated scene and this investigation will take a considerable amount of on scene investigation.

Michigan State Police Update #2

via MSP: Dearborn Investigation Update:
HTF members are continuing their investigation into the incident that occurred on 11/27 on Normile Street. Preliminary investigation revealed that Dearborn PD received a Flock License Plate Reader notification of a missing endangered vehicle.

The vehicle was reported out of Murfreesboro Tennessee. The vehicle was confirmed as a 2020 Dodge SRT, black in color with Tennessee plates. The suspect vehicle was reported on Warren near Greenfield.

Dearborn officers observed the vehicle and caught up to it on Forrer St. near Warren Ave where it stopped on the right shoulder. Officers begin to approach and the suspect driver flees. The officers lose sight of the vehicle and terminate the pursuit.

The officers were eastbound on Tireman St near Normile St and observe the Dodge crashed into a residence. Officers approach giving verbal commands and a gunshot is heard and officers return fire.

A 34 year old female is detained from the front passenger seat and transported to a local hospital for injuries from the crash.

The 36 year old female driver has one gunshot wound to the head and is pronounced dead at the scene. Officers located a 31 year old female in the trunk that appears to have trauma that was not a result from the crash. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 9mm Glock pistol was recovered from the suspect vehicle. Autopsies are scheduled for today. Detectives are currently working with Murfreesboro Police Detectives. They are also gathering further evidence, executing search warrants and interviewing witnesses.

This investigation is ongoing and any information is subject to change. We will continue to update this investigation as new information develops.

Michigan State Police Update #3

Dearborn Endangered Missing Investigation Update:
Detectives working with the Wayne County Medical Examiner have identified the two women involved in the crash: The driver (suspect) of the vehicle has been identified as: Dominique Hardwick, 36, of Lebanon, Tennessee.

The victim located in the trunk of the car has been identified as: Eleni Kassa, 31 years old from Murfreesboro, TN.

Eleni was reported missing to the Murfreesboro Police Department on November 18th.

Autopsy results for Hardwick are consistent with a self inflicted gunshot wound. The circumstances surrounding Eleni’s death have not been determined. Detectives are still interviewing witnesses, including the front seat passenger in the crash.

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Dearborn Police Dispatch Audio

Dispatch Audio: SHOTS FIRED! Detroit Police’s 6th Precinct Scouts trade gunfire with suspect armed with high powered rifle

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Officer Involved Shooting On Detroit’s West Side

Detroit’s West Side: DPD 6th Precinct Scouts were dispatched to the 6000 block of Westwood for an unknown problem at around 3:01PM, later announced as assistance to bailiffs executing an eviction. The location was triangulated by x/y coordinates. Arriving officers from the 6th Precinct immediately asked for a 6th Precinct supervisor to make the scene.

Officers on the scene called out shots fired and reported an individual was firing on them with a high powered rifle around 3:20PM. No officers were injured at that time and officers did fire their weapons according to dispatch audio. Detroit PD’s SRT/SWAT was recalled and a barricaded gunman incident was declared.

2 suspects were taken into custody and the house was cleared by Metro SRT. It doesn’t appear as if any additional suspects were taken into custody and no injuries were reported on scene.

The scene has been declared secure and ended peacefully without injuries to scouts of suspect(s).

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Dispatch Audio: Undercover Michigan State Trooper Shot, 2 Suspects In Custody on Detroit’s NW Side

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Undercover MSP Sergeant Shot On Detroit’s NW Side

NW Detroit, 130AM 9.27.22: Undercover Michigan State Troopers were conducting surveillance on suspects involved in a narcotics investigation when shots rang out from the second story window of an apartment complex earlier this morning.

According to dispatch audio, the shots were fired at undercover Michigan State Troopers from a second story window at 14047 Riverview. One of those troopers was struck. The wounded trooper, identified as a sergeant was conveyed to Sinai-Grace Hospital by units on the scene. Michigan State Police are reporting he’s currently listed in stable condition.

Redford PD and Detroit Police Scouts from the 6th, 8th, 12th and Downtown Services responded to assist in the lockdown. Michigan State Police EST and DPD’s Metro/SRT were notified of the possible barricaded gunman.

MSP Troopers searching the apartment complex found shell casings thought to be tied to the shooting. 2 suspects were later taken into custody. It doesn’t appear as if any shots were fired by officers on the scene.

Dispatch audio from both the Michigan State Police and Detroit Police Department are below.

UPDATE VIA MSP 9.29.22

Trooper Shooting Update: Andrae Scott Jr., 28 year old male from Detroit, was arraigned today for the shooting of Detective Sergeant Devin Kachar, a 10 year veteran of the Michigan State Police, assigned to the Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team.

He was arraigned on the following counts:
1) Assault with Intent to Murder
2) Controlled Substance Delivery/Manufacturer
3) Two counts of felony firearm. He received a one million dollar cash bond.

Robin Hall, 23 year old female from Detroit, was arraigned on one count of accessory after the fact and one count lying to a police officer. She received a $250,000 cash bond. Both are pending further court proceedings and investigation.

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Detroit Police Dispatch Audio

Dispatch Audio: Officer Involved Shooting In Westland, Suspect Shot And In Custody

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Suspect Shot In Westland

Westland 2:36PM September 9 2022: An officer involved shooting occurred today at around 2:36PM. According to dispatch audio, officers were notified of a man with a gun in the area of Palmer & Venoy. Subsequent radio transmissions stated the suspect ran into the Palmer Road Baptist Church, 33740 Palmer Rd in Westland.

Officers on the scene reported the suspect was firing out the church’s windows at officers. At that time no officers had returned fire. The suspect was seen moving around the church, eventually firing out the east, west and south side windows. No officers were struck. SWAT/SRT was summoned to the location and the area was locked down by officers from Westland, Inkster ++. Adams Middle School was also locked down during the incident.

Detroit Police Officer Shot Suspect

More shots were fired on officers and according to dispatch audio, a ‘Detroit Police Officer‘ returned fire during one of those exchanges. Officers on scene reported the suspect was screaming unintelligibly inside the church. The suspect eventually told an officer on scene that he had been shot, asking to talk to one person only. It appears at this time the Detroit Police )fficer’s shots struck the suspect once. Dispatch audio from emergency medical personnel on scene suggested the suspect had been struck once in the hand and was in stable condition.

The suspect surrendered at around 3:15PM. Dispatch audio suggests the Detroit Police Department and Michigan State Police will be handling the investigating. It’s unknown what section the DPD officers on scene were attached to.

The information presented is from Dispatch Audio ONLY.

Update via Michigan State Police

Update via MSP: Preliminary investigation revealed that a MSP canine unit was assisting Detroit Police who were actively tracking a suspect wanted for R&O, CCW & felonious assault. The surveillance units tracked the suspect from Ecorse to a house in Westland. DPD officers observed the suspect exit his vehicle. attempted a takedown but the suspect fled into a church. Once inside, the suspect began firing rounds from several windows on the 2nd story down at officers. The shots struck a Westland police unit on the passenger side door as well as the windshield of a Wayne County Sheriff vehicle.  Additional officers and troopers converged on the scene and observed gunfire coming from the windows in their general direction. At one point during the initial contact, a DPD officer returned fire at the suspect.  It is unknown if the round struck the suspect or if he was hit by glass and debris from the round. The suspect then surrendered without further incident. No other officers, deputies or troopers fired at the suspect. The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released and is now lodged at the Wayne County Jail. No officers or members of the public were hurt. All the information provided is preliminary and subject to change as the investigation continues. MSP detectives will forward a investigators report to the prosecutor for review.

Dispatch Audio of Incident