DETROIT – Police said a woman tied to a shooting involving a Wayne County sheriff’s deputy is now in custody.
The deputy was shot at -- but not hit -- Tuesday, July 14, near the Harper Woods–Detroit–Grosse Pointe area.
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Investigators said Rajena LaMartique Linson, 25, was in the vehicle with the person who fired at the deputy.
Linson was wanted on a charge of assault with intent to murder stemming from a January 2022 attack in which a woman was beaten, run over with a vehicle, and left to die in freezing temperatures.
Linson linked to 2022 attack
According to investigators, the attack occurred Jan. 31, 2022, after Linson allegedly lured the victim to a bar in Eastpointe.
The victim drove Linson to the bar, where they met an accomplice, police said.
After leaving the bar together, the group drove to a parking lot at a middle school in the 15000 block of Maddelein Street on Detroit’s east side.
Victim beaten, run over in freezing temperatures
Investigators said the victim got out of the vehicle after saying she needed to use the bathroom.
At that point, police allege Linson and the accomplice attacked her, beating her before running her over with the vehicle.
Police said the suspects then backed the vehicle over the victim, paused for several seconds and drove away, leaving her severely injured in freezing temperatures.
About an hour later, surveillance video captured the vehicle returning to the scene, apparently to check whether the victim was still alive, Commander Rebecca McKay said.
The woman was not discovered until about six hours later.
Temperatures that day were around 9 degrees, McKay said.