Demond Thomas Burgen Jr. is being charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated homicide and two counts of felony firearm.

Two people have been shot and one person is in custody after an armed standoff took place in Harper Woods, officials say.

Two people have been shot and one person is in custody after an armed standoff took place in Harper Woods, officials say.

A woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting of a man at a hotel in Harper Woods, officials said.

Harper Woods police put out a stranger danger alert Monday for parents after a white SUV was spotted approaching children asking them if they wanted candy in both Harper Woods and Saint Clair Shores. Less than a mile and a half apart with easy access onto I-94, police say it’s suspicious.

A driver tried to rob two children at gunpoint in Harper Woods while they were walking home from a middle school event, police said.

An innocent driver was killed and three others were hospitalized when a potentially drunken driver sped through a red light and caused a three-car crash at a Harper Woods intersection, police said.

The Harper Woods Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened on Saturday at around 3:45 p.m. on Roscommon Street near Lansdowne Avenue.

A Harper Woods man poured gasoline on his girlfriend and lit her on fire before driving away in her vehicle, according to police.

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – The family of a Harper Woods mother of six who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend didn’t know their loved one was in danger, they said. Steven Bratton, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Katie Elliott, 37, of Harper Woods, according to authorities. “Domestic violence awareness.”The T-shirts are a message for anyone in a domestic violence situation. Jason Elliott said he didn’t know his sister was in potential danger with Bratton, who was a relatively new boyfriend. Officials said her body was found in the backyard of the home she rented on Woodside Street in Harper Woods.

Key witness says he saw Priscilla Slater during shooting before she died in Harper Woods cellPublished: June 16, 2020, 6:32 pmA key witness in the case of Priscilla Slater’s death described her involvement in a shooting incident before the 38-year-old was found dead in a Harper Woods holding cell.

HARPER WOODS, Mich. A key witness in the case of Priscilla Slaters death described her involvement in a shooting incident before the 38-year-old was found dead in a Harper Woods holding cell. The man told the Local 4 Defenders he saw why Harper Woods police had contact with Slater at the Parkcrest Motel last week. He started shooting -- Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,' the witness said. The witness told Local 4 both were arrested without incident. But 11 and a half hours later, Slater was found unresponsive in a holding cell at the Harper Woods Department of Public Safety.

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – The Harper Woods director of public safety spoke to the Local 4 Defenders about the death of Priscilla Slater, a 38-year-old woman who was found unresponsive last week in a holding cell. READ: Protest held after 38-year-old woman dies in holding cell in Harper WoodsSince Slater’s death, Michigan State Police officials have stepped in to investigate what happened at the Harper Woods Police Department. Local 4 Defender Shawn Ley spoke with Vincent Smith, the Harper Woods director of public safety, about the case. “I think the key questions is: Why did you suspend these six employees?” Shawn asked. Smith said Slater’s in-custody death upset him so much he called her family personally to notify them.

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – A Detroit man is facing up to a decade in prison in connection with a string of business burglaries in Harper Woods, police said. Numerous businesses on Kelly Road were targeted and burglarized in the fall of 2019, according to authorities. Detectives gathered evidence from the scenes and identified Antonio Gamble as a suspect, officials said. He was charged at 32-A District Court with breaking and entering a building with intent. A preliminary examination is scheduled for April 15 at 32-A District Court.

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – A Detroit man is facing the possibility of life in prison for an attempted murder in Harper Woods, police said. Tyren Wesly Williams, 23, of Detroit, got into an argument with another man around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the 19400 block of Kenosha Street in Harper Woods, according to authorities. During the argument, Williams pulled out a 9 mm handgun and fired a shot at the other man, officials said. Williams fled the scene with the handgun, according to officialsHarper Woods detectives executed a search warrant Monday at a home in Detroit. Williams was arraigned Wednesday in 32-A District Court on one count of assault with intent to murder and a felony firearm violation.