Detroit, MI
Child shot in Detroit • Michigan Central Station opening date revealed • Man attacked at Redford gas station
Detroit shooting leaves 11-year-old girl in critical condition
An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot in the head Tuesday morning in Detroit. Police said she was on a couch when two suspects started shooting into the house.
TUESDAY NEWS HIT – A child was on a couch when suspects started firing into a Detroit home early Tuesday, hitting her in the head.
The 11-year-old girl is now in critical condition.
Police said the home in the 6000 block of Pennsylvania near Gratiot and I-94 was full of as many as 20 people when two suspects approached the house around 4 a.m. and started firing.
“All they heard was a bunch of shots coming from outside,” Asst. Chief Charles Fitzgerald said. “This story doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.”
Police say this isn’t the first time this has happened at this home. Fitzgerald said someone opened fire into the house in December 2023. No one was hit during that shooting.
Michigan Central reopening date announced
The wait is almost over – Ford is preparing to unveil Michigan Central Station in a few months.
Ford Motor Co. has spent the past several years renovating the train station after buying the building when it was in a state of disrepair in 2018.
Since then, the building has undergone extensive improvements.
Ford will share a look inside the historic train depot when it reopens on June 6.
The company worked closely with the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office and National Park Service throughout the project to make sure that the building retained its history while being revamped.
The process included restoring original pieces when possible and replacing parts that weren’t salvageable.
Though it will no longer serve as a train station, Ford has previously said the building will house its autonomous vehicle teams, while the main area will be open to the public.
Man beaten at Redford gas station
A brutal beating Saturday night at a Redford Township gas station happened in front of the victim’s daughter.
“It just felt like 200 feet kicking me,” said Jack, who wants to remain anonymous in fear for his family’s safety.
The victim sustained two black eyes and a broken nose.
“If I didn’t black out, it felt like I was right there. One of them had brass knuckles – the taller one,” he said. “One of them said ‘get the gun’ and the taller one said, ‘leave it, don’t do it.’ Thank God.”
Jack had just picked up his 19-year-old daughter from her boyfriend’s house before stopping for gas on Plymouth Road. As he went inside, he got the sense that he had walked in on an attempted robbery.
“It was kind of rowdy in there. There was people in there so I kind of got nervous. I knew I had my wallet on me, so I tucked it down,” Jack said. “Then they bought a black ski mask, and they put it on, and that’s when I knew something was going to happen.”
That’s when he was attacked.
Propane causes Ann Arbor home explosion
Propane use inside a house caused an explosion Monday morning in Ann Arbor.
The blast leveled the home on S. 7th and sent debris flying in all directions.
“I got a cup of coffee, went down to the basement to work on my stamp collection and heard the explosion,” said Fred Hutchinson, who lives across the street. “The house literally shook, the windows rattled.”
The gas had been shut off to the house, so the homeowner was using propane to heat his home.
“Unfortunately, this probably could have been prevented,” said Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy. “People should not use propane inside a residence for this exact reason.”
The homeowner was able to make it out with only minor injuries.
“The house directly to the south has some burn damage to it and the windows got blown out. Outside of that, no other properties were impacted,” Kennedy said.
Woman shot outside Troy steak house
A victim was walking to her car with a friend and a baby when someone shot her several times outside Ruth’s Chris Steak House on Monday night.
Sources said the shots were fired from a white Dodge Durango outside the restaurant on Big Beaver in Troy. Hazel Park police chased the suspect’s vehicle into Detroit but lost it.
The victim was struck several times in the legs. She is listed as stable at a hospital.
Troy police said the shooting did not appear to be random, and there is not a threat to the public.
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The temperatures are rising.
Sun and highs in the 40s Tuesday
Bright skies and mid-40 temperatures will make for a nice day in Metro Detroit.
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‘America’s Most Wanted’ suspect caught in Florida
A man featured on FOX’s America’s Most Wanted has been captured after stepping foot inside Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd announced Monday.
Davie Albarran, who had a warrant for his arrest in Osceola County for sexual battery on a child under 12 and lewd conduct with a child under 12, was taken into custody in Lakeland on Sunday night, Judd said. The 51-year-old was featured in 2022 on the revived FOX show.
Albarran’s daughter created a social media post with claims of what her father allegedly did to her back in December 2022.
“Please share and paint the city with his face. My father Davie Albarran is a pedo, he’s on the run and the cops are looking for him,” she said.
Read more here.
Detroit, MI
Detroit man accused of fatally shooting two men in Tennessee
A Detroit man suspected of fatally shooting two men on a Tennessee highway in November was arrested Monday in Michigan, authorities said.
Dashonn Moten, 28, of Detroit was indicted on 17 criminal counts, including two counts each of first-degree murder and felony murder, Knoxville, Tennessee, police said in a social media post.
Moten is accused of killing Troy Hutchison, 33, of Atlanta and Rodrell Jeter, 25, of Detroit during an incident on the morning of Nov. 16 on Interstate 640 in Knoxville.
Moten also faces one count of attempted murder related to a third victim, a 22-year-old Detroit man, who was critically injured in the shooting, authorities said.
Detectives believe the victims were traveling from Detroit to Atlanta in a light-color Ford Bronco with a Michigan license plate, according to a press release issued in November. At that time, police were unsure of a motive or the relationship between the suspect and the victims.
Two days after the shooting, the Bronco was found abandoned in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, police said.
Moten was identified as a suspect based on an investigation that included dozen of interviews, a review of cellphone records and anonymous tips, authorities said.
U.S. Marshals took him into custody Monday in the Detroit area, according to authorities. He is expected to be extradited to Knox County.
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Detroit, MI
Detroit man arrested following manhunt for double murder in Tennessee
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – A 28-year-old man from Detroit has been arrested for the murder of two people in Tennessee.
Troy Hutchinson and Rodrell Jeter were shot and killed Nov. 16, 2025, outside Nashville, Tennessee. A third man was hospitalized with critical injuries.
Police believe four men were traveling from Detroit to Atlanta in a Ford Bronco when the fourth man opened fire on the victims before leaving in the vehicle. The Bronco was found abandoned in Kentucky, just south of Cincinnati in Ohio.
Jeter and the man who was hospitalized were both from Detroit, while Hutchinson is from Atlanta.
A motive for the shooting remains unknown.
In late November, police identified the suspect as Dashonn Moten. He was indicted on 17 counts, including two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and two counts of felony murder.
After nearly two months, Moten was arrested Friday, Jan. 10, in Sterling Heights and is awaiting extradition to Tennessee for his arraignment.
If convicted, Moten faces possible execution.
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Detroit, MI
Thompson: The new year brings a promising future for Detroit students
Detroit Public Schools Community District often gets a bad rap due to declining enrollment issues or longstanding challenges that led to the historic takeover of the school system before voters returned it to an elected board.
And in many cases, that is the lens through which the school system’s performance is examined and viewed across the state. But there are hidden stories of progress within a school system that is still struggling to define itself and to give young Detroiters hope for a meaningful future.
I saw that first-hand last week at Denby High School, part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, on the city’s east side, where hundreds of young Black and Brown male students gathered in the basketball gym for the annual policing and prosperity forum.
The annual event initiated and led by tenacious Detroiter Sharlonda Buckman, the district’s assistant superintendent for family and community engagement, is one of the hidden jewels of the public school system and brings together male students from various high schools to discuss their interaction with law enforcement. On the panel were senior and junior police officers from the Detroit Police Department, as well as the district’s public safety chief, Labrit Jackson, all of whom took hard questions from the students about how to navigate the complexities of the criminal justice system.
Before the start of the forum, I met three students: 17-year-old Justin Montgomery, 17-year-old Exavier Ward and 16-year-old Wesley Lewis, all students of Denby.
The three of them live on the east side and are serious and determined students who believe they have an obligation to be worthy ambassadors of their communities.
“I just got a scholarship from Cleary University for track and field and cross country and I just signed the papers so I can be committed,” Ward told me. “I am excited for the new year and I’m ready to live my adult life.”
His parents are also joyful about his future because, “out of all of my siblings, I’m going to be the first one to go to college. I want to major in cybersecurity,” he says.
Montgomery is scouting Oakland University or Central Michigan University and is also interested in a trades school. He’s keeping his options open.
“I have been here for a while and I’m ready to get out of high school. The experience has been good for me,” he says.
For Lewis, graduating in 2027 will make him the first in his family to be committed to college. That alone keeps him upbeat for the new year as he prepares for the challenges and the pressures of being an 11th grade student.
“I’m really ready to go to college. I’m looking at Kentucky State University, Wayne State University and Michigan State University,” he says. “I probably would major in music in college because I currently play the piano. But sometimes I get nervous about college because I feel like it is going to be harder than high school.”
These impressive young men speak to the vitality of the school system and the need to continue to nurture and support them.
The forum on policing and prosperity reinforces that need.
“This forum is so important because we give the students an opportunity to have a voice and talk about the things that are important to them and how they interact with law enforcement,” says Marty Bulger, the district’s senior director of male mentoring.
“Even a more dynamic piece is the fact that because the city has seen a reduction in violent crime, we believe as we reach our young people, we will continue to see a decline. These young men are our future leaders.”
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Bankole Thompson’s columns appear on Mondays and Thursdays in The Detroit News.
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