2 men, including fixture in community, killed in shootout on Detroitโs west side
He was a fixture near 8 Mile and the Southfield Freeway. People were used to seeing 65-year-old Clayton Willis in his wheelchair panhandling. The double amputee was shot in the back of the head last summer but survived.
Speeding driver ejected after hitting boat trailer in Detroit; nearby drunken driver then hits Jeep
A speeding driver was ejected after she crashed into a boat trailer being pulled by a Jeep on a Detroit freeway, and a nearby drunken driver from Oak Park was then arrested for hitting the swerving Jeep afterward.
Detroit mother charged with drunk driving in freeway crash that killed 2-year-old, hurt infant
Authorities have charged a mother accused of driving drunk when she collided with another vehicle and then a barricade on Southfield Freeway -- a crash that killed her 2-year-old daughter and injured her infant son.
Police: Shots fired multiple times at officers in Southwest Detroit
Detroit police came under fire twice Thursday night. Seen in the video player above is the latest scene as Detroit police told Local 4 that officers were shot at multiple times by someone driving a truck throughout Southwest Detroit.
Michigan State Police investigate shooting near Southfield Freeway, I-96 in Detroit
DETROIT โ Michigan State Police are investigating a shooting on a freeway on Detroitโs west side. The shooting happened on the Southfield Freeway intersection at I-96 on Tuesday evening. Police said that the driver of an SUV was going south on the Southfield Freeway when another vehicle pulled up next to it and started shooting. The exit to westbound and eastbound I-96 was closed, but Southfield Freeway is now open. READ: Freeway shooting coverageAd
5-year-old boy mauled by dogs on Detroitโs west side
DETROIT โ A 5-year-old boy who was attacked by two dogs Friday morning is expected to survive. Police said the boy was feeding five large dogs with the owner, a 36-year-old man, when the man left the room for a few minutes and when he came back, he saw two dogs attacking the child. โWe heard the dogs being taken out in the trucks,โ West recalled. Neighbors said they often saw the dogs just roaming around the street. He would say, โGet away from the dogs,โโ West said.