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Dispatch Audio: Murder & Attempted Suicide On Detroit’s East Side

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1 Dead, 1 Critical

Detroit’s East Side: DPD’s 5th Precinct responded to the 5900 block of 3 Mile Drive early Thursday morning on reports of a shooting.

At 4:11AM, officers of the 5th Precinct were notified and disptached to the 5900 block of 3 Mile Drive on reports of a woman shot by her boyfriend. At 4:15AM, officers were notified the shooter had shot himself in the head, according to dispatch audio.

Arriving officers attempted to make contact, although the door leading into the residence was locked requiring a breach kit. Officer’s opted to kick in the front door and were met by the armed shooter, described as a 56 year old male. Verbal commands were given when a shot(s) rang out. According to dispatch audio, the shooter shot himself in the head.

Officers entered the dwelling and discovered the body of a female, described as being in her 50s, deceased inside and the shooter down with a gunshot wound to the head. The shooter was conveyed to St John Hospital by DEMS Medic 24 where according to reports remains in critical condition.

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Dispatch Audio: 5 shot overnight in Detroit, 3 fatally

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Triple Fatal Shooting On W Boston

Detroit’s West Side: DPD’s 10th Precinct received a 911 call for shots fired at 4011 W Boston early this morning at 2:28AM. The caller stated there was an argument in the apartment building, shots were fired and “one person arguing could no longer be heard”.

Arriving scouts from the 10th Precinct discovered 2 “K-Types” inside the residence and another “K-Type” layed out on a sidewalk on Holmur, just east of the shooting scene.

Detroit EMS Medic 1 responded and pronounced all 3 victims deceased at the scene. The victims were described as 2 males and a female. Reports indicate the female was the mother of 7 children.

No suspect information is available and DPD’s 10th Precinct is investigating.

Detroit Police Dispatch Audio

Shooting on Hayes & 7 Mile

Detroit’s East Side: DPD’s 9th Precinct is investigating a shooting that took place at Hayes & 7 Mile early Friday morning at around 2:00AM. The victim was privately conveyed to St John Hospital. The victim stated he had been shot by a man armed with an AK47.

Scouts from the 9th Precinct investigated a home on Saratoga that was in conjunction with this shooting. The suspect is named and the DPD is investigating.

Shooting On Detroit’s West Side

Detroit’s West Side: DPD scouts from the 6th Precinct responded to W Warren & Southfield early this morning at around 3:58AM on reports of a shooting. Subsequent investigation the GSW victim was privately conveyed to Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn. Officers also determined the shooting took place at 7260 Rutland.

Christmas Morning Fire On Detroit’s East Side Claims 2 Children’s Lives

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2 Children Killed On Helen St

Detroit’s East Side: Detroit Police Scouts reported a working dwelling fire early this morning around 8:45AM. Scouts from the 11th Precinct reported they had a dwelling fire in the 20000 block of Helen St x Outer Dr.

Officers on scene reported they had 3 civilians, a mother and 2 children outside the residence and 2 children were still inside the residence. Officers attempted to enter but were unable due to the flames.

Detroit Fire’s 9th Battalion was dispatched to the scene along with Detroit EMS medics.

Arriving companies were notified 2 children were unaccounted for and immediately started a search of both floors of the 2 story dwelling. DPD reports indicated at least 1 victim had jumped out of a window to escape the flames.

Companies discovered the children, a 4 year old and a 6 year old, in a room on the 1st floor.

DEMS Medics 16, 14, 15 and DEMS Supervisor 1104 were also dispatched to the fire scene.

Companies on the fire scene:

Battalion Chief 9, Engines 50 56 60 46, Ladder Truck 23, Squad 6 Squad 3, DEMS Medics 16 14 15, Senior Chief 203, DPD Arson Car 809.

DPD DFD Dispatch Audio

Dispatch Audio: Detroit Police 5th Precinct comes under fire

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Homicide Suspect Fires On Precinct

Detroit’s East Side: A homicide suspect opened fire on DPD’s 5th Precinct earlier Tuesday morning at around 5:15AM. The shooter was wanted in an earlier fatal shooting in the area of Grand River & Warren at 11:18PM Monday evening. Dispatch audio of that incident is also below. The fatal shooting was in conjunction with a domestic violence incident. The suspect was 28 years old, wanted out of Southfield for domestic violence with a history of the same.

The suspect, in a black Lincoln Navigator, fired at least 4 rounds at the precinct from what is described as a high-powered AR type rifle, prompting an immediate lockdown. The suspect was pursued and ended up in a parking lot near the precinct. Scouts from numerous precincts converged on the area, locking it down, closing streets and notifying the nearby Chrysler Plant.

BOLO Issued For Homicide Suspect

Below is the BOLO or Be on the Lookout for the suspect wanted in the fatal shooting on Grand River. The BOLO was issued at 3:37AM.

During the incident, an officer was injured by flying glass, although those injuries were minor and the officer was treated by EMS on scene. The nearby McDonald’s also reported one of their windows was shot out during the incident.

The homicide/shooting suspect remained in his vehicle during the incident.

The homicide/shooting suspect was neutralized/shot & killed by members of Detroit’s SRT at 7:32AM after he exchanged fire with officers.

Local news is reporting this as a grocery store robbery of some sort, and those responsible fired on officers. There was a run at the same time for a number of people B&E’ing a market at Harper & Conner, but this was a completely separate incident in the 9th Precinct and no shots were fired.

Full Dispatch Audio

The Fatal Shooting on Grand River

DPD’s Chief Craig On Incident

The Shooter – Kevin Fox

The Victim- Shavon Mitchell

SHOTS FIRED! Detroit Police involved in an officer involved shooting on Detroit’s east side

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Short Pursuit Leads To OIS

Detroit’s East Side: A DPD 4200 unit; gang intell, called out a priority at 5:36PM Thursday afternoon, while engaged in a pursuit with a vehicle and its 3 occupants, wanted for a weekend shooting at Meuse & McKinney that left 4 teenagers with gunshot wounds.

The pursuit was initiated in the area of Audubon & Southhampton and terminated in the area of Whittier & McKinney. During the chase, the suspect vehicle almost hit a 5th Precinct unit head-on, twice.

All 3 suspects bailed from the vehicle, 2 were taken into custody quickly, with 1 suspect still running. A DPD 9th Precinct supervisor went on scene and called out shots fired.

1 DPD gang intel officer fired on the armed suspect and officers rendered aid to the fallen suspect until Detroit EMS Medic 24 arrived on scene. DPD’s Air was also overhead assisting ground units during the chase. One officer injured his arm during the chase, he’s doing well, thankfully.

Two weapons were recovered from the scene, 1 inside the vehicle and 1 on the suspect who was shot.

1 Suspect Shot & Killed

During the foot chase, the armed suspect was shot by a DPD officer who feared for his life, according to DPD Chief James Craig, no shots were fired by the suspect.

All three suspects were taken into custody, one of them with a gunshot wound. DEMS Medic 24 was dispatched to the scene.

Scouts from the DPD’s 9th Precinct conveyed 2 of the suspects and DEMS Medic 24 conveyed the third to St John Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Dispatch Audio

Chief Craig’s Update On Shooting

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