Overview
- Officers from the Detroit Police Gang Intelligence Unit stopped a Chevy Malibu for an obscured license plate as part of stepped-up enforcement on Gratiot.
- The rear-seat passenger, identified by police as 18 years old, resisted removal as a Taser was deployed, and its effectiveness remains unclear.
- He broke free, fled on foot, produced a handgun that police recovered, and one officer fired a single shot that struck his upper body.
- The 18-year-old was taken to a Metro Detroit hospital and remains in critical condition.
- Two female occupants stayed on scene and cooperated with investigators, and the driver consented to a vehicle search while officers undergo interviews and body-worn video is reviewed.