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Cluster of Shootings in Detroit, Phoenix and Chicago Leaves Multiple Dead and Injured

Using ShotSpotter, Detroit police were alerted to a Brightmoor shooting that triggered a multiagency investigation.

Overview

  • Detroit officials say several west-side shootings on Wednesday night left a 20-year-old man dead and a child critically wounded, with local reporting and family statements identifying the child as 9-year-old Jacquise while earlier police accounts gave a different age.
  • Police say ShotSpotter detected roughly 18 rounds in the Brightmoor area and officers arrived without any 911 call being made, a fact officials credited with speeding medical aid to the child.
  • Detroit authorities are pursuing strong leads with help from the FBI, ATF and Michigan State Police while saying the suspect in the Brightmoor shooting remains at large and the public is not believed to be in danger.
  • In Chicago, two males were found shot behind a residence in the Dunning neighborhood on Thursday afternoon and later died, and Area Five detectives say the investigation is open with no arrests reported.
  • Phoenix police are investigating two separate episodes that left teenagers wounded near 23rd Avenue and Hazelwood and a man critically injured after answering his apartment door as officers search for unknown suspects and treat victims.