Police
officers tackle protesters during a
demonstration against police
brutality in downtown Detroit on
Friday, May 30, 2020. (Nic Antaya,
via Tell Us Detroit)
POLICE
UPDATE:
It was
previously
reported
during a
preliminary
report
that an
unknown
suspect
fired
shots in
a crowd
from a
Dodge
Durango,
striking
a
19-year
old male
victim.
This
information
has
changed
and the
updated
information
is as
follows:
After
further
investigation,
it was
determined
that on
May 29,
2020 at
approximately
11:30
p.m. in
the area
of
Congress
and
Randolph,
an
unknown
male
suspect
approach
a silver
Dodge
Caliber
that was
in a
parking
lot of
the
location.
The
vehicle
was
occupied
with the
victim
(driver,
21-year
old male
from
East
Pointe)
and two
other
males
occupants.
The
unknown
suspect
fired
shots
into the
vehicle.
All
occupants
of the
vehicle,
including
the
victim
fled
from the
vehicle
and at
some
point
the
victim
was
shot.
The
suspect
fled in
an
unknown
direction
on foot.
The
victim
was
transported
to a
local
hospital
where
unfortunately
succumbed
to his
injuries.
The
circumstance
surrounding
this
incident
are
still
being
investigated.
Anyone
with
information
is asked
to
please
call
Detroit
Police
Homicide
Section
at
313-596-2260
or Crime
Stoppers
at
1-800-Speak
Up.
Again,
this is
preliminary
information
and
subject
to
change
upon
further
investigation.
Police:
1 dead
after
shots
fired at
protesters
in
Detroit By
COREY
WILLIAMS
apnews.com
DETROIT
- One
person
was
killed
in
downtown
Detroit
after
someone
in an
SUV
fired
shots
into a
crowd of
people
protesting
George
Floyd’s
death in
Minneapolis
custody,
a
Detroit
police
spokeswoman
said
Saturday.
The
shooting
occurred
about
11:30
p.m.
Friday
near
Detroit’s
Greektown
entertainment
district
as
officers
were
confronted
with
dozens
of
protesters,
said
Sgt.
Nicole
Kirkwood,
a police
department
spokeswoman.
She said
an
officer
wasn’t
involved
in the
shooting.
Kirkwood
said the
victim
was a
19-year-old
man, who
was
pronounced
dead at
the
hospital.
The
suspect
pulled
up in a
Dodge
Durango
and
fired
shots
into the
crowd,
she
said.
No
details
about
the
victim
or the
person
who
fired
the shot
or shots
were
immediately
available,
Kirkwood
said.
A
white
former
Minneapolis
officer
was
charged
with
murder
Friday
in the
death of
Floyd, a
black
man who
was
handcuffed
and
pleaded
for air
as the
officer
pressed
his knee
on his
neck for
several
minutes
during
the
arrest.
Earlier
in the
evening
a
Detroit
police
commander
was
struck
with a
rock and
hospitalized.
Officers,
many in
riot
gear,
confronted
the
protesters
and
formed
lines
across
streets.
Dozens
of
arrests
were
made and
that
police
say many
were not
Detroit
residents,
WJBK-TV
reported.
By
midnight,
the
crowd
had
thinned
considerably
as
police
shot
canisters
of gas
toward
the
protesters.
The
demonstration
began
earlier
in the
day and
was
peaceful
as
protesters
marched
by
Detroit
Police
Headquarters.
As
evening
wore on,
some in
the
crowd
became
belligerent.
“We
know
that the
individuals
from
outside
the city
of
Detroit
who
converged
at the
protest
location
don’t
represent
this
city,”
Police
Chief
James
Craig
told
reporters
earlier
in the
evening.
The
number
of
arrests
and
injuries
were not
immediately
available.
It also
was not
clear if
any
property
was
damaged.
I
HI TECH NEWS
I
SPORTS
I
