9 people shot in 2 weekend shootings

Detroit police say nine people were shot in two separate incidents on the city’s west side over the weekend.

Both shootings happened shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday.

At a party in the 16500 block of Trinity Street, four people were shot after nearly 100 rounds were fired, Detroit Police Chief James White said at a news conference Monday. .

White described a chaotic and violent scene. An officer ended up engaging in a shootout with a suspect upon arrival and shot him in the leg, and police recovered eight guns. Of those, two were stolen, one had a switch to automate the gun, and another was an assault rifle.

And the next day, the house where the shooting took place was “firebombed,” White said.

The details White provided were thin. His department collects and processes video evidence and works to identify and interview witnesses.

With 93 casings recovered, “it’s far too early to determine what happened,” White said.

Two of the victims are in critical condition, the other two are in serious condition, White said.

Around the same time, there was another shooting in the area of West Warren Avenue and West Grand Boulevard, where five people sitting in a car were shot. All are expected to survive, White said.

Two shooters with a handgun and a rifle shot at the vehicle and drove off, according to police. Police recovered just under 20 casings.

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White said traditionally, there is an increase in violence during the summer months. And while violent crime is down in the city overall, White said “those are just numbers when you’re talking about five people shot, four people shot at events across our city.”

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9 people shot in 2 weekend shootings

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