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The Good Samaritan that helped save an eight-year-old boy who was lost and wandering on Detroit’s east side after being put on the wrong bus at school came forward.

An eight-year-old boy was left to wander the streets of Detroit’s east side after he was put on the wrong school bus.

Detroit police are on the hunt for a man who shot point blank at one of its officers and then proceeded to carjack a mom that had just arrived home with her children.

A jogger was killed Friday when a driver struck him and sped off in Detroit, officials said.

A pickup truck driver was killed when a stolen Camaro disregarded a red light and crashed into him at a Detroit intersection, officials said.

A 21-year-old was struck by a minivan and killed while riding his bicycle across a road in Detroit, police said.

A new pizzeria is opening Friday in a redeveloped commercial space in Northwest Detroit as part of an effort to bring new life to the community.

Two suspects have been arrested in the hit-and-run incident where an SUV crashed into a Detroit coney island on New Year’s day.

Police are looking for a person accused of attempting arson at a Detroit home last week.

A video captured the moment when a vehicle crashed directly into a Detroit restaurant on Saturday, sending customers fleeing for safety, and hitting others.

A Detroit man is facing 25 charges in connection with seven different carjacking and stolen vehicle incidents over a six-week span, officials said.

Two men who were wearing GPS tethers that recorded their exact locations carjacked three people at gunpoint in separate locations around Detroit, officials said.

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man after a motorcycle crash Sunday night.

Anyone who has seen Paul Foster or knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-1240 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 13-year-old Za’Ria Wojtylko, who was last seen on Aug. 3.

Police have released surveillance footage of a shooting last weekend that injured six people during a candlelit vigil on Detroit’s west side.

A man was arrested after police said he tried to sexually assault a clerk inside a 7-Eleven store early Tuesday morning in Ferndale.

Thirteen people were shot and two were killed overnight in seven separate shootings within a seven-hour span in Detroit, police said.

The Detroit Police Department considers VanPelt armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to immediately call 911.

According to authorities, two people have been shot -- a 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman. Police said the man has died from his injuries, but the woman is expected to survive.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-2260 or Crimes Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.

A third child has been shot in Detroit in just as many days. The most recent is an 11-year-old boy who was shot Sunday.

Friends and family members gathered Saturday in Detroit to honor and remember the life of a 2-year-old boy.

The Michigan State Police announced Saturday afternoon that the department had made multiple arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 2-year-old boy on I-75.

“I would’ve bet my last dollar that boy was going to be something special,” Brian Christian said of his son.

Police are searching for a shooter who reportedly killed a 2-year-old boy and seriously injured a 9-year-old boy after shooting at their vehicle on I-75 Thursday night in Detroit.

Michigan State Police are investigating a freeway shooting Thursday on Interstate 75 involving two children.

Check out Good Cookies off of West McNichols Road on Detroit’s west side.

Police want help finding a missing 59-year-old man.

The coronavirus pandemic has been hard on restaurants, many of which have had to battle just to stay in business.

One person was killed and two were rushed to the hospital following a two-vehicle car crash on Detroit’s east side early Monday morning.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-5840.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-2555, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.

Police shut down the Lodge Freeway overnight in Detroit after a driver saw two speeding vehicles and noticed his window had been struck by gunfire, officials said.

A man was killed overnight in a stabbing on Detroit’s west side, according to police.

A man was shot and killed by Detroit police after he targeted officers as they investigated a scene where five people were shot, led police on a 100 mph chase and instigated multiple shootouts, according to the chief.

Detroit police are investigating after a wild and deadly scene played out Sunday night into Monday morning on the city’s west side.

The scene of a shooting that stemmed from an argument over a stimulus check on March 16, 2021, in Detroit. DETROIT – One person is hurt and one was taken into custody after an argument over a stimulus check led to a shooting in Detroit, authorities said. Detroit officials said a 53-year-old man and a 31-year-old man got into an argument over a stimulus check. Officials said the 53-year-old man is currently in temporary serious condition. The scene of a shooting that stemmed from an argument over a stimulus check on March 16, 2021, in Detroit.

DETROIT – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection to an assault that happened early Sunday morning. According to authorities, a 39-year-old man and a 29-year-old man had an argument inside a home located near the intersection of West McNichols Road and Le Salle Avenue when the 29-year-old picked up an object and struck the other man multiple times, injuring him before he left. The 39-year-old man was taken to a hospital, where he is listed in critical condition. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-1240 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up. More: Detroit Crime News

DETROIT – Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old girl and 21-year-old man whose bodies were found hidden in someone’s backyard. ORIGINAL STORY: Teenage girl, 21-year-old man found shot to death on Detroit’s west side, police say“It’s just very very sad that the world has come to killing our young folks,” said a neighbor wishing not to be named. “Everybody watches out for everybody here so this is really shocking, really shocking.”The names of the two found dead have yet to be released. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up. More: Detroit Crime News

DETROIT – Detroit police said a 19-year-old man has been killed and two other people were injured in a shooting. Police said the incident happened at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Gratiot Avenue and McNichols Road. Police said a man, unknown age, sustained a non-fatal gunshot wound and is hospitalized, and a 21-year-old man sustained a grazing wound. Police are investigating the circumstances of the shooting. More: Detroit crime news

DETROIT – On Feb. 7, 2020, a popular Detroit DJ with a growing following was killed in an armed robbery outside of a place where he was set to perform. The family of Byron Gilbert, also known as DJ Slick B, gathered Sunday to keep his memory alive and to renew the push to find his killer on the anniversary of his death. READ: Family pleads for answers after popular Detroit DJ murdered“Everywhere I go, people always have nothing but good things to say about my son,” said Nytosha Gilbert-Scott. He didn’t deserve what happened to him.”Friends, family members and fans released balloons in his memory. WATCH: Detroit police say video shows men responsible for killing DJ Slick BAd“I know somebody know who these two guys are,” Gilbert-Scott said.

DETROIT – Southbound lanes on I-75 will be closed on Detroit’s west side overnight Wednesday, Feb. 3 and into the morning of Thursday, Feb. 4, officials say. UPDATE -- 3:40 p.m.: All southbound lanes on I-75 are now open after Seven Mile Road. UPDATE -- 3:11 p.m.: Only the right lane on southbound I-75 after Seven Mile Road remains closed Thursday afternoon. UPDATE -- 2 p.m.: Southbound I-75 was open Thursday afternoon along this stretch, however traffic was backed up. Southbound I-75 lanes between Seven Mile and E. McNichols roads will be closed through Thursday morning due to bridge repairs.

DETROIT – The battle over the minimum wage heated up Friday. A Fight for $15 rally took place at a McDonald’s near the intersection of Livernois Avenue and West McNichols Road on Detroit’s west side. They want the minimum wage to increase to $15 an hour. Demonstrators want the incoming Joe Biden administration to raise the federal minimum wage within Biden’s first 100 days of taking office. The federal minimum wage hasn’t been raised since July 2009.

DETROIT – Police are investigating a Friday morning shooting that injured two men and killed a woman. A 26-year-old man and a 31-year-man are expected to survive, but a 27-year-old woman was killed. Police said the suspected gunman got into a black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van Limo, which went eastbound on McNichols Road and then south on the Southfield Service Drive. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-2260 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up. More: Detroit Crime News

Published: November 27, 2020, 5:02 am Updated: November 27, 2020, 7:17 amDETROIT – Police from multiple departments have set up a perimeter on Detroit’s east side early Friday morning. The heavy police presence is happening at Gitre Avenue and E. McNichols Road. Highland Park, Detroit and Michigan State police are currently at the scene. Stay with Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit as we share updates on this developing story. More: Local News

Detroit – Michigan State Police are investigating a shooting that happened on the Southfield Freeway near McNichols Road on Saturday at 4 a.m. Troopers were dispatched to northbound M-10 and Evergreen Road after a woman reported being shot at. The suspect pulled next to the victim and fired two rounds at her vehicle. The suspect vehicle is described as white Suburban or Yukon with tinted windows. READ: More freeway shooting coverage

DETROIT – Two men are in serious condition after being shot in a parking lot on Detroit’s west side early Sunday morning. Detroit police say at about 2 a.m. two men were sitting in a vehicle in the 18100 block of W. McNichols Road when someone reportedly walked up and shot both of them. The victims, 35 and 26 years old, were taken to the hospital and listed in temporary serious condition. The identity of the shooter is unknown at this time, according to police. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department’s Eighth Precinct at 313-596-5840 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.

During the incident a man allegedly fired shots at a vehicle and then officers. Original Story: Detroit police search east side neighborhood for man who shot at officersPolice say at about 2:30 p.m. Friday officers responded to a complaint that a man fired multiple shots at a vehicle in the area of Kennebec and Gunston streets. While officers were talking with the complainant, officials say the suspected shooter drove by them in a Black Chrysler 300. Police say officers were pursuing the fleeing suspect on foot when he allegedly fired multiple shots at the officers and continued running. The Chrysler 300 was later found unoccupied in the 600 block of Farmbrook Street, officials said.

The Fitzgerald Revitalization Project has proven much more challenging that anyone anticipated. Announced in the spring of 2017, the massive project in the Fitzgerald neighborhood in northwest Detroit had the ambitious goal of rehabbing 115 homes in two years. But in a recent article in the Detroit Free Press, Fitz Forward says it hopes to have 76 homes finished by 2024. The city also provided another $400,000 grant to Fitz Forward for the next phase, bringing the total subsidies for rehabbing homes to $2 million. Jemison added that the lessons learned from Fitzgerald can be applied to other corridors in the citys Strategic Neighborhood Fund.

Just as construction wraps up on several streetscaping projects in Detroit, more are expected to begin later this year. The city of Detroit announced that, pending city council approval, the next round of infrastructure upgrades on streets across Detroit will begin with McNichols Road from Livernois to Greenlawn avenues. McNichols is one of five projects expected to start this year, including others on Conant Street, Rosa Parks Boulevard, Kercheval Avenue, and a parklet on Grand River Avenue. In city documents from February 2019, upgrades to McNichols included revamped sidewalks with landscaping, a cycle track offset from the road, bus islands, and dedicated on-street parking spaces. Last year, the city launched a number of streetscaping projects that should finish in 2020 on Livernois Avenue, Grand River Avenue, and Jos Campau.