Police Seek Info On Man Shooting Up Houses In Detroit

DETROIT, MI — Residents are living in fear in a neighborhood on Detroit’s West Side after yet another unexplainable shooting at an occupied house, police said. It marks the seventh shooting within a couple blocks, all which have happened since July.

Five of the shootings have occured in the 2900 block of Clairmount, while the others happened on Pingree and Taylor streets, police said. Fox 2 identified the homeowner as an 84-year-old woman who now has bullet holes through her living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and in areas as obscure as her stamp collection now, according to there report.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig held a press conference Thursday and said the man’s pattern is firing randomly into residences during early morning hours and then “going underground.” Police have been unable to locate him in their investigation but say he’s been seen walking around with an assault-style rifle.

They are unsure of his motive or where the man is from, Craig said.

“We have been scoring the neighborhoods, we have been meeting with residents,” Craig said. “We are doing everything we can to identify the suspect and bring him into custody quickly.”

Anyone who has information about the man's whereabouts is asked to call the Detroit Police Department's 10th Precinct at 313-596-1040 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

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