White Detroit firefighter terminated for ‘racially insensitive’ watermelon gift
A probationary Detroit firefighter was terminated for wrapping a pink bow on a watermelon and giving it to a predominately black fire station as a gift.
Detroit police fatally shoot suspect after a foot chase
Detroit police fatally shot a man after a car and foot chase on the city’s west side.
Video: Feds with military fatigues, assault rifles swarm Detroit home
This wasn’t your typical raid.
Detroit man climbs on roof, successfully prevents house demolition
Sometimes civil disobedience works.
4-year-old boy dies after pit bulls maul him on Detroit’s west side
Police were still searching for the dogs after the attack.
Elderly man beaten, set afire and robbed in his Detroit home
The 91-year-old man was dead when firefighters found him inside his house.
Tenant eradicating bed bugs believed to have started 3-alarm blaze
Three firefighters were injured trying to rescue residents.
Gun-toting pastor kills man who disrupted church service with brick
Violence broke out inside a church on Detroit’s west side.
Gunman carjacks, abducts elderly women from Motor City Casino garage
The women were leaving the casino when a gunman forced them into their car.
Fire strikes again in neighborhood with bad hydrants, destroying 3 homes
The city of Detroit installed hydrants that are incapable of supplying enough water to extinguish large fires.