DETROIT – Detroit police shoot a man Thursday after they said he pointed his rifle at officers.
The man was shot one time at the intersection of East Warren Avenue and Pennsylvania Street.
READ: Bodies of teen girl, 21-year-old man found shot in Detroit yardREAD: ‘We love her’: Family mourns missing 20-year-old woman after body found in Detroit homeAdThe suspect ended up at a house on Pennsylvania Street.
“This officer had no choice but to defend himself and his fellow officers.”The Sunoco gas station where the incident began was the scene of a deadly shooting Oct. 19.
The man murdered that night is believed to be the cousin of the man shot on Thursday, according to people who know him.