Another Violent Weekend In The D
“It’s Like We’re A Third World Country”
Detroit: The City of Detroit saw another violent weekend with a number of fatal and non-fatal shootings citywide. 25 people were shot in just about every precinct in the city, 7 of those shot died of their wounds.
July 18th & 19th 2020
Detroit Police evidence techs, the DPD Shooting Team and homicide investigators barely finished processing one scene when they were dispatch to another. “It’s like we’re in a third world country” one person involved in the investigations told me.
The shootings broken down by Detroit Police Precinct:
Detroit Police 2nd Precinct, Detroit’s west side: 1 Fatal , 2 Non-Fatal Shootings.
Detroit Police 3rd Precinct, Downtown: No Shootings
Detroit Police 4th Precinct, Detroit’s SW Side: 1 Non-Fatal Shooting.
Detroit Police 5th Precinct, Detroit’s East Side: No Shootings.
Detroit Police 6th Precinct, Detroit’s West Side: No Shootings.
Detroit Police 7th Precinct, Detroit’s East Side: 1 Non-Fatal Shooting.
Detroit Police 8th Precinct, Detroit’s NW Side: 2 Non-Fatal Shootings.
Detroit Police 9th Precinct, Detroit’s NE Side: 1 Fatal Shooting, 5 Non-Fatal Shooting.
Detroit Police 10th Precinct, Detroit’s West Side: 4 Fatal Shootings, 2 Non-Fatal Shootings.
Detroit Police 11th Precinct, Detroit’s East Side: 2 Non-Fatal Shootings
Detroit Police 12th Precinct, Detroit’s NW Side: 1 Fatal Shooting, 2 Non-Fatal Shootings.
The above shootings are shootings where a victim suffered a gunshot wound, there were a huge number shootings throughout the city where no one was hit. Some of the above victims were privately conveyed to area hospitals.