CBS News Detroit. >> And Gino, thank you. A family on Detroit’s east side is grieving the loss of their child who police say was killed in a drive by shooting. This happened last night. The area of Beaconsfield and Courville detectives were back out today collecting more evidence and just a short time
Ago Detroit police gave us an update on this case. CBS News Detroit’s Andres Gutierrez is live outside downtown public safety headquarters. Andre, what did they say in this update? >> Rachelle one of the deputy chiefs told us that the victim in this case is an 11 year old
Boy who was simply playing outside a house with his family members roller skating. In fact, when someone in a vehicle pulled up and started firing. His parents did not wait for the ambulance. Instead they threw him in their vehicle and rushed him to the hospital. And despite doctors attempts to
Save the life of that young boy, he did not make it. All this happened shortly after 730 last night. Investigators say the child was hit by the gunfire near this abandoned house at the corner of Cavell Street and Nottingham Drive. This morning Michigan State Police K-9 officer Havoc discovered at least four shell
Casings believed to be connected to that shooting. DPD Crime scene technicians recovered those and brought out a metal detector to see if there were any more casings. I saw some detectives scouring the thick weeds and grass with their hands searching for additional evidence. Other detectives trying to
Chase down any tips so they can catch whoever’s involved and ask them why they do it. >> To our knowledge they had no interaction with the individuals who drove by. But again, it’s still open It is still open investigation. We’re trying to determine exactly what happened. But to our knowledge at this
Current time we have no type of relation between those victims and the vehicle that drove by and the shots came from. This is one of those instances where we need everyone in the community, everyone in community to help us to bring these individuals to justice.
>> And so if you do have any information, any ring doorbell camera that may have captured the moments before or after this shooting, police of course want to see that. You may want to get in touch with them with the ninth Precinct or by calling Crimestoppers. Of course the number one 800
Speak up Now I did speak to several people in that area who heard that gunshots and saw the aftermath. We’ll have their story coming up at 5:00. But for now, reporting live in downtown Detroit, Andre Gutierrez, CBS News, Detroit. >> Andre
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