Crime & Safety

Popular Metro Detroit Hairstylist Killed Inside Motel: Police

Bashar Kallabat, 56, from Bloomfield Township, was killed Tuesday night inside a motel on the east side of Detroit, according to a report.

DETROIT, MI — The community is mourning the loss of a beloved hairstylist in Metro Detroit after he was killed inside a motel in Detroit, according to reports.

Bashar Kallabat, 56, from Bloomfield Township was killed Tuesday night inside the JZ Motel and Suites on Eight Mile Road near Gratiot Avenue on Detroit’s east side.

The report said the manager of the motel got a call from an employee that something was wrong and using security cameras, they found video of a man leaving Kallabat's room around 9 p.m.

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Detroit police said they took a 22-year-old man into custody around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, the report said.

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