Detroit, MI
Teen suspect dead, officer injured after shooting in Detroit, 1 remains at large
DETROIT (WXYZ) — A teenage suspect is dead and a Detroit police officer was injured after a shooting Thursday night. Police are continuing to search for another person they say was involved.
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. near Chester Street and Neff Avenue.
Watch Police Chief Todd Bettison provide details about the incident below:
Detroit Police Chief Bettison talks about officer-involved shooting and one suspect at large
Police Chief Todd Bettison said officers were on routine patrol in the area when they saw three people with masks on standing next to a building. Officers found that suspicious as the area has experienced a rash of breaking and entering incidents, the chief said.
The officers stopped to investigate.
They then detained one person, who is 16 years old, while the other two people led them on a foot chase.
The chief said as officers were trying to detain a second person, there was a brief struggle. The suspect reached for a handgun and shot an officer in the hand. Officers returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect, who police said was also 16.
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The officer’s injuries are not life threatening.
Police are continuing to search for the third person. A description of that suspect was not available.
“Well of course, the community has been great in stepping up and so if you know who the suspect is, please, please speak up,” Bettison said.
A 40 caliber handgun with an extended magazine was recovered, Bettison said.
Michigan State Police and a K-9 team are assisting Detroit police.
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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