Posted: Jan. 23, 2011
Four police shot in Detroit
precinct, gunman killed
By GINA DAMRON, ELISHA ANDERSON AND JOE ROSSITER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERShttp://www.freep.com/article/20110123/NEWS05/110123016/1318/Four-police-shot-in-Detroit-precinct-gunman-killed Four police officers in Detroit’s Northwestern
District were shot this afternoon when a gunman
came in and opened fire, the Free Press has
learned.
According to Sgt. Todd Eby, the gunman walked
in at about 4:20 p.m. with a pistol grip shotgun. U
nprovoked, he just started shooting, said Eby,
who was sitting at his desk when the gunfire
erupted.
• Photos: Detroit cops shot in precinct
Eby said officers in the building returned fire,
killing the man.
Shot were Commander Brian Davis, Sgt. Ray Saati
and Officer David Anderson, police said. A fourth
person, a female sergeant whose name was not
released, was also hit. The four have been
transported to Sinai Grace hospital in Detroit.
Eby called the incident “absolutely horrifying.”
Michigan State Police are at the scene blocking
traffic.
Tina Taylor, a spokeswoman for Sinai Grace
hospital said no information was being released
about wounded officers and that all details
would have to come from Detroit police.