Sad News: Police shot 3 people while responding to summer block party, department reveals

A Detroit police officer responding to a block party shooting this summer shot and injured three people — two described as innocent young women, and a third who allegedly pointed a gun at the officer but was never arrested.

The department revealed the information for the first time during a Wednesday news conference, nearly six months after the June 1 incident on Trinity Street near Grand River and McNichols. Police Chief Todd Bettison said he had not known conclusively that the officer was responsible for the shootings until Monday, when “I received information regarding the analysis of ballistic evidence obtained from the scene.

Police said in a June news conference that a total of four people were wounded at the block party with an estimated 100 attendees after shots were fired from a vehicle driving by. Nearly 100 shell casings were recovered.

Then-Chief James White said that responding officers believed there may have been an active shooter and that, upon their arrival, “an engagement, it led to an officer-involved shooting.” White could not specify how many people the officer wounded, but said at least one had a gun.

Then-Chief James White said that responding officers believed there may have been an active shooter and that, upon their arrival, “an engagement, it led to an officer-involved shooting.” White could not specify how many people the officer wounded, but said at least one had a gun.