Skip to content

Condition: Post with Page_List

Listen
Search
Please enter at least 3 characters.

Latest Stories

Woman, Baby Shot After Answering Knock At The Door

pointing gun

DETROIT (WWJ) - A gunman remains at large after shooting a woman and her infant on Detroit's west side.

The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Freeland Street, in the area of the Lodge Freeway and McNichols Road. 


Police say the 23-year-old woman was holding her 1-month-old baby when she answered a knock at the door and someone started shooting. 

The woman was struck in the body and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The baby received a graze wound and is expected to recover. 

The suspect fled the scene and remains at large. He's described as a black man who was wearing a black mask.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 313-596-5240. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.