Man found dead after shots fired at vacant house on Detroit's west side

Shots reported at house on Mark Twain Street

DETROIT – A man was found dead Saturday morning in a vacant home after shots were fired on Detroit's west side, police said.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired in a house on Mark Twain Street between Chippewa and Pembroke avenues. They found shell casings in front of the vacant house, which was unlocked. Police went into the house and found a man in a first-floor bedroom with a gunshot wound on the left side of his chest.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

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