5 shot, 2 killed in wild shooting, car crash on Detroit’s west side
The violence continued hours later after fights broke out at Sinai-Grace Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital, where the victims were taken.
2 people severely burned after victim set afire in Detroit
The first ambulance took at least 12 minutes to arrive.
Police: Son of billionaire Mike Ilitch arrested with crack cocaine, prostitute
This wasn’t Ronald Ilitch’s first brush with the law.
A week later: Examining floods that submerged Detroit’s roads, freeways (with audio)
We reviewed dispatch calls and 911 records to get a clearer picture of the floods and their impact on metro Detroit.
Popular Detroit artist defaces tribute to Asian American icon Vincent Chin
Vandals defaced beautiful murals at the Grand River Creative Corridor for the first time in its three years of existence.
Scene of ugly car crash to remain untouched for up to month in Detroit
The west-side building is owned by the city, which isn’t as quick to take action in some neighborhoods.
Car accident, collapsed building left untouched by city of Detroit for days
On Detroit’s west side, just six blocks from where the 1967 riot broke out, a battered car is wedged into the corner of a partially collapsed two-story commercial building on Linwood, buried by piles of bricks and concrete.
Detroit firefighters rescue older man from second-story window
Firefighters spotted the man “waving frantically” as smoke billowed from the house on the city’s west side.
Explosion suspected after Detroit house flattened
A two-story house in Detroit was flattened Monday morning by what firefighters believe was an explosion.
Man found dead inside Detroit manhole on west side
Police are investigating whether the victim was trying to steal copper electrical wires in the exposed manhole near Pacific.