13-year-old struck by fragment from shots fired at home, Detroit MI


Shots were fired at a residence near Southfield Rd in Detroit. A 13-year-old was hit by a fragment, likely from a handgun. Police and ambulance responded, and a bullet fragment was found near the front door.
Audio|Source: Detroit Police and Fire
01:44
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, yeah, we had a shot-fired to occupy doorway over there earlier at that address.
00:06
What you got over there?
00:09
Scott 126 had a...
00:12
Gen.W of a 13-year-old, like with a fragment of some sort.
00:19
I don't know how many rounds are fired, but it looks like there might be one stuck in the threshold or the aluminum siding around the front door.
00:33
Did you put it in those, anyone?
00:37
Yeah.
00:39
Thank you.
00:43
He's been up,
00:45
so she wanted to come out, or come to the door finally,
00:48
and I couldn't hear him.
00:50
I asked her to, uh, I asked him to come close her to the door, and she just shut the door.
00:57
Which led me to believe that it happened here because of the, uh,
01:01
the shots fired[1], uh,
01:04
shots while we run.
01:08
Yeah, that's a good copy.
01:10
We already handled that in punctual. We actually called an ambulance to take them to the hospital, so it should have never been a police run for you guys.
01:19
They showed up to Grace because they said it was blast initially,
01:24
but then I guess once they checked them out a little further, they found out it was a piece of ricochet or some sort of fragment from a handgun or rifle.
01:35
Probably a handgun.
01:40
14,
01:41
we'll get a unit over there.
Police codes explained
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[1]
shots fired: Gunfire reported in the area.
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Location mentioned:
Near Southfield Rd, Detroit, MI 48223
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