UPDATE: The suspect has peacefully surrendered, and the hostage is expected to be OK. A barricaded gunman situation is unfolding on Detroit’s west side. The incident is happening at a home in the block of Glastonbury Rd, near Southfield and 8 Mile. A man is holding his girlfriend hostage. He said he wasn’t “going back
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) Telegraph overpass at I-96 Freeway is closed due to a 30+ car pile-up. Injuries are currently unknown at this time. Police have both directions closed at the Redford/Detroit border. Roads are extremely icy tonight. Stay with @metrodetroitnews for updates.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) Three women were charged following a yearlong investigation into human trafficking and prostitution rings. Macomb Sheriff’s Enforcement Team (SET) Detectives executed nine search warrants across Metro Detroit, covering three counties and 6 specific municipalities, for an alleged prostitution/ human trafficking investigation. The investigation revealed
A man who pointed his fingers at police as if it was a gun was fatally shot by in Pontiac last night. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Pontiac Division were on patrol in the area of North Astor St. and North Pike St. where at approximately 9:00 pm last night, they observed a
Two teens are in custody after a gun accidentally fired inside a Detroit high school classroom. The incident happened Tuesday at Detroit Leadership Academy High School, which is located in the area of Evergreen and Warren. The bullet hit a whiteboard in the classroom, and fortunately, no one was injured. It’s currently unknown how the
With the rise in freeway crime, 400 cameras will officially be installed across the freeway in #Detroit. The city council on Tuesday approved a $30 million grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to pay for the installation of cameras across freeways such as I-94, I-96, Lodge and more. With some of
A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspects who robbed a USPS worker. The incident occurred Monday, September 25th at the Court Village apartments in Taylor. The suspects were trying to get equipment that could get them access to multi-unit mailboxes like apartments or condos use. They are
A Sterling Heights man was arrested after he was allegedly manufacturing fentanyl disguised as Adderall pills. In July 2023, members of the Warren Narcotics Unit followed up on information regarding a male subject living in Sterling Heights possibly selling and manufacturing various types of narcotics out of his home. Officers began to look into this
A mother is dead, her husband and their 2-year-old son are in critical condition after a crash in Sterling Heights late Saturday night. The crash happened at around 10:00 p.m. in the area of 16 Mile and Van Dyke. Sterling Heights Officers attempted to make a traffic stop on a tan Chevrolet Equinox, at Van
A 7-year-old girl is dead after a crash on Detroit’s east side Friday night. The crash happened on Van Dyke near E McNichols. Preliminary, a Mercury sedan blew a tire which caused the vehicle to cross the center lane and hit Honda head-on. Three children were inside the Mercury. A 7-year-old girl was killed.
