DETROIT – A staff member at a Dearborn hospital found a bullet in a patient’s pocket, and that linked him to a shooting that left 17 bullet holes in an Uber driver’s car.
A criminal complaint filed Aug. 4, 2024, accuses Malachi Andre Young of felon in possession of ammunition.
Shooting on Detroit’s west side
Detroit police were called at 1:21 a.m. May 31, 2024, to the area of Plymouth Road and Asbury Park on the city’s west side.
An Uber driver in a Nissan Rogue told officers that they had been shot in the triceps area, and officers counted 17 bullet holes in the SUV.
The driver had been heading to pick up a rider in the 11400 block of Hubbell Avenue when they came across two men firing shots, according to the criminal complaint.
The Uber driver reported that gunshots came from a silver SUV.
Officials said the Uber driver fled onto Plymouth Road and flagged down police. They were taken to Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital for treatment.
Shooting scene investigation
Detroit police went to the shooting scene and found several spent shell casings: five from a .223 Remington, nine from a 9 mm Luger, and 10 7.62x39 casings.
Surveillance footage from a nearby liquor store showed the Rogue arriving from Plymouth Road around 1:15 a.m. and turning south on Hubbell Avenue.
The Rogue appeared to stop in the 11400 block of Hubbell Avenue, and three minutes later, it went north through the red light at Plymouth Road.
Shortly after the Rogue left, the video shows headlights on the west side of Hubbell Avenue. That vehicle appeared to go south, police said.
Man shows up to hospital with ammo in pocket
While officers were at the hospital with the Uber driver, they learned that a second gunshot victim had arrived. That person was identified as Young.
Young told officers that he had been walking to the store when he heard gunshots and felt pain in his left hand. He didn’t know exactly where he had been, but it was on the border of Detroit and Dearborn, he said.
Young told police that two women in a gray SUV had offered to help him, the complaint says. He said he only remembered being surrounded by nurses.
When detectives arrived, Young refused to answer their questions, they said.
While a staff member gathered Young’s belongings to transfer him to another room, that person found a round of Lake City Ammunition Plant .223 Remington ammunition in his pants pocket, according to the complaint.
The staff member placed the bullet in a bag and turned it over to Detroit police. Officials said it matched the make and caliber of some of the spent shell casings from the shooting scene.
Analysis from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network suggested the round from Young’s pocket was fired from the same gun used at the shooting scene.
Hospital security guards told police that Young had arrived in a gray Kia SUV, along with two women and two men.
Surveillance video showed the Kia arriving at 1:33 a.m. Young got out of the passenger side of the SUV, and two women exited from the driver’s door and a passenger door.
Conclusion
Officials said Young has a previous guilty plea for a charge of felony larceny of $20,000 or more. He agreed to the plea deal on Dec. 1, 2023, but then didn’t show up for his sentencing date.
An arrest warrant was issued for Young, and he still has not been sentenced.
The criminal complaint concludes that since Young has previously been convicted of a crime that’s punishable by more than a year in prison, there’s probable cause that he illegally possessed ammunition.