Detroit, MI
Detroit police revise initial account after body cam shows man fatally shot himself during search of home
DETROIT – A 20-year-old man took his own life as police served a search warrant on a home on Detroit’s east side.
Initially, it was thought the man was killed by an officer.
“They encountered a male subject who fired one shot at our officers,” Detroit police Chief Todd Bettison said on Wednesday (May 27) afternoon. “One officer returned a shot, returned fire, fatally wounding the subject.“
The incident happened just after 2 p.m. at a home on Lansdowne Street near Moross Road.
Police were executing a search warrant connected to a shooting that happened on Waltham St. on Saturday, where two young men shot up a home.
20-year-old Anthony Boone and his brother, 17-year-old DeMarco Ballard, were wanted in connection with the shooting, and police had tracked them to the home.
However, what was thought to be a police-involved shooting appears to have been a different kind of tragedy.
“After viewing the body-worn camera, which I had not had an opportunity to do at that time, it has become clear that the subject fatally shot itself,” Bettison said on Wednesday evening. “I have watched it 15 times, and it’s clear to me that the subject shot himself in the head with a handgun.”
The footage, which is not being made public at this time, shows officers coming through a bedroom door after escorting two women and a child from the home.
As the officer opens the door, Boone is seen sitting on his bed with a handgun to his head.
As the officer entered, one gunshot was fired.
The officer returned fire, then realized that Boone was already down.
The officer can be heard saying, “I think he shot himself.”
Bettison says that the officer, who was visibly shaken by what he saw, will be on administrative leave, adding that the loss of a young life is doubly tragic because he chose to end it before he faced consequences.
“We see sometimes, and we have seen individuals that when it’s time to pay, they choose another way out, that is, suicide,” Bettison said.
No one else was hurt in this incident, and police are still looking for Boone’s brother, Ballard.
He’s considered armed and dangerous, and police say not to approach him if you see him.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
The Detroit Police Department is investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in the arm near a park on Tuesday.
The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. near the Fargo-Oaklfield Playground on the city’s west side. Police Chief Todd Bettison says the child was in front of his home riding a bike with his father supervising at the time of the shooting.
Bettison says an individual at the park fired multiple shots, striking the child. He says the boy’s father reported hearing shots and the child falling from his bike.
Bettison says the child is expected to be OK.
Bettison says the person appears to have been firing shots randomly, which he calls “problematic.” He says a person of interest is described as possibly between 15 and 16 years old and wearing a mask. He says the person is known to frequent the area.
“When you fire a weapon, what goes up must go down,” Bettison said. “To parents and everyone, know where your kids are. Juveniles should not have guns, and whether you’re an adult or a child, you should not be firing a weapon inside of the city limits.”
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield released a statement, saying in part, “By the grace of God, this young boy will recover from his injury and is on his way home from the hospital. With that said, this incident was senseless and could have had a much more tragic ending.
“Every child in Detroit deserves to feel safe riding their bike, playing outside, and simply being a child in their own neighborhood. We cannot accept a reality where our children are placed in harm’s way because someone chose to recklessly fire a gun.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
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