1 dead, 1 injured in shooting on Detroit’s west side

Survivor sustained grazing wound

One person was shot and another wounded in a shooting on Detroit's west side Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Sunny Shields)

DETROIT – One person was fatally shot and another injured in a shooting that happened on Detroit’s west side Monday afternoon, according to police.

The shooting took place around 1:30 a.m. in the 12500 block of Linwood in Detroit.

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Police say the survivor sustained a grazing wound. There was heavy police presence in front of the Linwood Discount Liquor store after the shooting.

The victim who died is a 25-year-old. He died at the scene of the shooting after being shot multiple times. The surviving victim was shot in the foot and is listed in temporary serious condition.

Police say shortly before the shooting the two men were seen with another man standing in front of the liquor store.

The shooter is described as a Black man, 6 feet tall and slim with dreadlocks. He was wearing all black at the time. Police are uncertain of the shooter’s age.

He fled the scene heading southbound on Linwood in a gold GMC Envoy.

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