More than 145 people shot in Detroit in May, some for most absurd reasons
On May 15, the day Mayor Bing introduced new Police Chief James Craig, 13 people were shot.
Detroit EM: Taxpayers shouldn’t foot bill to defend ex-Police Chief Godbee
Seven months after an internal affairs officer filed a lawsuit claiming Police Chief Ralph Godbee lured her into a sexual relationship with the promise of a promotion, Detroit’s new emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, is intervening in the case.
Four seniors injured in high-rise apartment blaze
Firefighters climbed 10 flights of stairs to rescue seniors stranded in smoke-filled rooms and hallways in a high-rise apartment building.
Tense scene unfolds outside charred liquor store as ATF investigates, scrappers lurk
Some residents also hurled insults at the owners of Ideal Market at Chene and Ferry, accusing them of burning down the store for insurance money.
Owner: Liquor store closed for “break” when it erupted on fire, injuring 2 firefighters in Detroit
“We don’t know what happened,” the owner said in broken English. “We were on our way back and saw the fire in the front. It could have been anything.”
Former DMC CEO Arthur Porter arrested in Panama on charges tied to $22.5M in kickbacks
Porter’s meteoric rise from the war-torn country of Sierra Leone to the center of Canada’s business and political establishment is nothing short of spectacular and tragic.
Budget cuts nearly claim lives of children, senior severely injured in Detroit fire bombing
Without enough ambulances on the streets, firefighters had to resuscitate a young boy themselves and rush him to the hospital because paramedics took too long to arrive.
Plumes of black smoke paint the Detroit skyline
At first glimpse, it looked like downtown Detroit was on fire.
Detroiter chooses death over arrest, pledging ‘Not going back to jail’
The suspect “indicated he wasn’t going back to jail” and chose the quick way out, police said.
Detroiters attack, shoot mentally ill homeless man asking for cigarette
The suspects, who casually walked away after the attack, are on the loose.