DETROIT – Mario Green, the man accused of killing his ex-wife in the Henry Ford Hospital shooting in Detroit, is in police custody.
Detroit police said he was arrested without incident shortly before 3 a.m. this morning on Lemay Street -- on Detroit’s east side.
Detroit police, along with ATF, MSP, FBI, and other agencies, worked together to apprehend Green.
“Our officers worked tirelessly to get this monster off the street,” Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said. “We have the best police department across the country and I would like to thank our law enforcement partners who assisted us in apprehending Mario Green, along with the community who gave us numerous tips about the suspect. No person deserves what happened to Ms. Latricia Green and my heart and prayers go out to her family.”
Here’s everything we know about the situation.
What happened
The shooting happened before 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Police Chief Todd Bettison said Mario Green, 53, is accused of going into the basement of the hospital and shooting his ex-wife, 40-year-old Latricia Green Brown.
“He got into a verbal altercation with what I’m being told is his ex-wife in the basement area of Henry Ford Hospital,” Bettison said. “He produced a handgun and fired multiple shots, killing his ex-wife.”
Security footage showed Green leaving the hospital out the front door at 9:55 a.m. Friday, according to police.
Here’s the full Friday morning briefing from police:
What we know about Mario Green
Bettison called Green a “subject” and a “person of interest” during his Friday morning briefing.
He said Green is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and was wearing all black with a gold chain necklace when he left the hospital.
The chief mentioned twice during his briefing that Green has an address in Bloomfield Hills.
His profile with the Michigan Department of Corrections shows Green served about six years in prison for a 2006 arson. He previously had an aggravated stalking charge that led to four years or probation, according to the site.
He had a child support charge that led to probation that ended in June 2025, according to MDOC.
Car found in Detroit
The car that Green used to leave the hospital was found around 2 p.m. Friday in Detroit. Local 4 confirmed the car’s recovery at the scene.
Police said Green left the hospital in a white 2011 Dodge Charger.
It has the license plate number DXC7067. The “0″ in that license plate is the number zero.
What we know about shooting victim
Police said Green’s ex-wife was about 40 years old.
She was an employee at the hospital, but her exact job is unclear.
Massive hospital police scene
Local 4 was at the hospital scene as dozens of police cars arrived to investigate the shooting.
Bettison said SWAT teams were also at the hospital. Our cameras captured armed ATF agents around the outside of the building.
Bettison said federal authorities were also on their way to search the hospital and make sure nobody else was injured.
At this time, Green’s ex-wife is the only known victim, Bettison said.
How did Green get into basement?
The basement of Henry Ford Hospital is open to the public.
There are services for patients in the basement, and anyone can take an elevator down there, according to a former employee.
Woman gives glimpse inside hospital
A woman inside Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit spoke to Local 4 about what was going on.
Carmen said she went to the hospital Friday morning for a family member’s surgery. She called Local 4 from inside the surgery prep area and described the scene.
“I was sitting out on the west entrance in an area by the window and we heard over the loud speaker there was a code blue in the basement,” she said. “Then we heard a lot of yelling and it appeared a nurse was trying to clear the hallway by where I was sitting and shuffled everyone in the hallway down to the waiting area that I was sitting in outside of the surgery center.
“We stood there for maybe about 5 minutes and the nurse came out and said that there was an active shooter in the basement. Then, a few minutes later, they shuffled us into the patient area where they prep the patients for surgery. At this point, I’m sitting in a small little waiting area with two other people and there’s kind of some activity outside the door that I’m at, security guards and stuff, but that’s about it.
“I’m pretty shaken, I would say, but at first we all kind of remained calm because we didn’t really understood what code blue meant in the basement,” Carmen said. “So me and all the waiting room people were just kind of looking at each other, like, ‘What does this mean?’ Then when the nurse came and said there’s an active shooter in the basement, that’s kind of when we all got a little bit nervous.”