A Detroit police officer struck in a hit-and-run earlier this month has died.
On Aug. 4, 2018 at 2:40 a.m. Detroit police officers were on the scene to assist with a crowd control issue in the 18800 block of West McNichols near Stahelin Street in Detroit.
It's alleged that Officer Fadi Shukur was walking to his scout car when 19-year-old Jonathan David Cole struck him with his vehicle while traveling at a high rate of speed. Cole fled the scene, but later turned himself in at a Detroit police precinct later that day.
The 30-year-old officer was taken to a hospital where he was originally listed in critical condition on life support until his passing.
Shukur had been a member of the Detroit police for a year, and was recently married.
On Aug.7, 2018 Cole was charged with reckless driving causing serious impairment to a bodily function and failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment. Cole has been in custody since then.
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