Police take man into custody after shots fired during manhunt for carjacking suspects
A man police were looking for Tuesday afternoon in connection with a shots fired incident with Detroit police has been taken into custody.
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Police were looking for suspects in a series of carjackings when they located a suspected vehicle and a man in that vehicle opened fire.
Detroit police take man into custody after shots fired during manhunt for carjacking suspects
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Off-duty officer carjacked
Video from a gas station in Southwest Detroit shows a carjacker pointing a gun in the face of a pickup truck driver.
That pickup driver is an off-duty police officer who was filling up with gas about 3 a.m. Tuesday at a BP gas station on Fort Street near Clark Avenue. Investigators said the driver went into the gas station and when he came out, a gunman approached him and took his keys. The gunman then left in the victim’s truck.
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