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Man receives 4-15 year sentence for deadly airborne crash in Detroit

Amir Daniel Napper was charged on Sept. 6

Amir Daniel Napper has received four to 15 years in prison after he killed an innocent man during an airborne chase in Detroit. (Copyright 2024 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.)

DETROIT – Amir Daniel Napper has received four to 15 years in prison after he killed an innocent man during an airborne chase in Detroit.

Napper was charged in 3rd Circuit Court on Sept. 6.

The incident occurred on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at 9:15 p.m. on the southbound lane of M-39 (Southfield Freeway) at Grand River Avenue, where the innocent man in his late 50s was sitting in his vehicle.

Napper, who identified as being 20 years old during the time of the crash, was charged with

  • Fleeing and eluding first-degree
  • Reckless driving causing death
  • DWLS causing death
  • CCW 1

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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.

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