Off-Duty Detroit Police Officer Injured in Shooting

Oct. 10, 2022

An off-duty Detroit police officer and a woman were sitting in a car on the city's west side when two suspects walked up to the vehicle and opened fire.

By Charles E. Ramirez

Source The Detroit News

An off-duty Detroit police was injured when two suspects approached the car he was sitting in and opened fire early Monday.

An off-duty Detroit police officer was wounded early Monday morning after suspects fired shots at the vehicle he and a woman were in, officials said.

The shooting happened at about 4 a.m. in the 19400 block of Fielding Street near Evergreen and Seven Mile on the city's west side, police said.

According to a preliminary investigation, the off-duty officer was sitting in his vehicle with a woman when unknown suspects walked up to them. Two of the suspects fired shots at them.

Police said neither the officer nor the woman was struck, but the officer received a cut from broken glass. He was treated at the scene and released.

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