Detroit Teenager Killed By Unidentified Suspect Shooting Into Protest Crowd, Police Say

DETROIT, MI - MAY 29: A protester scrambles to escape a cloud of tear gas on May 29, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. Over 1000 protesters gathered in Detroit, Michigan to hold a solidarity rally with other nationwide prot... DETROIT, MI - MAY 29: A protester scrambles to escape a cloud of tear gas on May 29, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. Over 1000 protesters gathered in Detroit, Michigan to hold a solidarity rally with other nationwide protests against the death of Minneapolis, Minnesota resident, George Floyd. Protests continued later into the night police and protesters clashed in a series of violent confrontations where police arrested dozens and used tear gas and pepper spray. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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One person was killed in downtown Detroit after someone in an SUV fired shots into a crowd of people protesting George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis custody, a Detroit police spokeswoman said Saturday.

The shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. Friday near Detroit’s Greektown entertainment district as officers were confronted with dozens of protesters, said Sgt. Nicole Kirkwood, a police department spokeswoman. She said an officer wasn’t involved in the shooting.

Kirkwood said the victim was a 19-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the hospital. The suspect pulled up in a Dodge Durango and fired shots into the crowd, she said.

No details about the victim or the person who fired the shot or shots were immediately available, Kirkwood said.

A white former Minneapolis officer was charged with murder Friday in the death of Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed and pleaded for air as the officer pressed his knee on his neck for several minutes during the arrest.

Earlier in the evening a Detroit police commander was struck with a rock and hospitalized.

Officers, many in riot gear, confronted the protesters and formed lines across streets.

Dozens of arrests were made and that police say many were not Detroit residents, WJBK-TV reported.

By midnight, the crowd had thinned considerably as police shot canisters of gas toward the protesters.

The demonstration began earlier in the day and was peaceful as protesters marched by Detroit Police Headquarters. As evening wore on, some in the crowd became belligerent.

“We know that the individuals from outside the city of Detroit who converged at the protest location don’t represent this city,” Police Chief James Craig told reporters earlier in the evening.

The number of arrests and injuries were not immediately available. It also was not clear if any property was damaged.

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  1. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    This is T rumpp’s America.

    Not my America.

  2. We’re going to see more of this. Shame it’s legal to spread hate on the radio, though, eh?

  3. TPM just posted something at the Editor’s Blog that suggested the violence could be beneficial to Trump. Before I read that I came across another story (link below) suggesting the opposite. I lean towards the violence/protests NOT helping Trump.

  4. Some of the 3%ers crowd trying to stir things up?

  5. Avatar for nemo nemo says:

    Well, well. Apparently out-of-town white rioters were present in Detroit in large numbers. And possibly hundreds of white guys were burning and looting in Minneapolis, and Wisconsin plates were seen everywhere.

    I would call for an urgent FBI investigation, except of course that the FBI has gone to the dark side.

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