Detroit police shoot, murder suspect shot 5 p.m.

Detroit – Police officers shot and killed a man Tuesday morning who opened fire on the Detroit Police Department’s 5th landmark.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig said it all began at 11:15 a.m. Monday when a man fatally shot a 28-year-old woman near Grand River and Warren Avenue. The shooting erupted during a child custody dispute.

The man was then approached early Wednesday morning at 5 a.m. – around 5:15 p.m., in a black SUV. He reached the border, got out of an SUV equipped with a high-powered rifle and started firing at the police station, police said.

Quick facts:

• A man fatally shot a woman Monday night near Grand River and Warren Avenue.
• Detroit police said the same man opened fire at the Detroit Police Department’s 5th Cincinnati at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday.
• The man was fatally shot by officers shortly after noon in a closed business parking lot on Conner Street.
• Local 4 originally reported that this related to the break-in of Harper Food Service on Harper Avenue. That was not the case, as the police chief then explained.

The lieutenant at the desk called for help, Craig said, and the units answered. However, the suspect fled the area. He turned his shotgun on himself when apprehended by a police officer on the porch of the house where the shootings took place. The bullet hit the windshield and from inside an officer hit the flying glass on his forehead. He had a minor injury.

The suspect then sat inside the SUV in a closed business parking lot. Craig said officers know he is armed and dangerous. They have decided that a text message was sent to the family after the shooting on Monday night, stating “I told you I would kill (the woman) if my child was taken.” The man also referred to the police and the judge in a text message.

Craig said a Special Response Team (SRT) arrived at the standoff and moved closer with armed vehicles. They noticed that the man had an AR-15 in front of his chest. They told him to put down his weapon, but he shook his head. “No,” said Craig. There was an exchange of fire between the suspect and the SRT.

The man was killed at 8 p.m.

No other officers were injured.

Craig said his department’s 31st barricade this year is a suspicious or high-risk event.

Some people living nearby woke up to the shooting.

“I heard three shots. It looked like it was an AR-15. I heard three shots. Then, I will go out to get my coffee, everything is closed, ”said a person living in the area.

Craig said people who were going to work down the street at the Jefferson North Assembly plant were standing up again when the area was closed to traffic.

Note: Local 4 originally reported that this was related to a Harper Food Service break-in on Harper Avenue. That was not the case, as the chief explained later.

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