DETROIT – After hours of attempted contact between the Detroit Police Department’s Crisis Negotiation Team and the barricaded gunman, the Special Response Team made entry into the home, where they found the man unresponsive with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his body.
Officials say they recovered a handgun near the man on Tuesday (April 30).
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Police say paramedics made it to the location and pronounced the man deceased.
The initial incident occurred after the gunman shot a victim three times at 1:36 p.m. in the 9100 block of Carlin Street.
Officials say the victim was transported to a Metro Detroit hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Witnesses say the shooter ran into a home where he barricaded himself inside the residence.
“The victim was found shot three times in their lower extremities and was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” said Detroit police Deputy Chief Arnold Williams. “At this time, we talked to a witness who stated that the individual who fired the shots ran into the house,” Williams said. “Officers got to the house and secured the location and, at that point, declared a barricaded gunman.”
