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SpartanDem

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Fri Feb 8, 2013, 09:10 PM Feb 2013

Detroit employee could face punishment for shooting would-be robbers [View all]

Source: Mlive

In one of the most violent cities in the U.S., Detroit employees, even those entering some of the city's roughest neighborhoods on a daily basis, may not arm themselves while on the job, based on a 2010 order.

Anthony Neely, a spokesman for Mayor Dave Bing, said the city has not yet determined if it will impose penalties — up to and including termination — against a 59-year-old Public Lighting employee who shot two teens he claimed were armed and attempting to rob him and his co-worker.

Detroit police say the teens — 16 and 17 — approached with a weapon and announced their intent to rob the lighting employees, who were working on a utility pole between Cloverlawn and Northlawn in Detroit about 9 p.m. Thursday.

One of the lighting workers, licensed to carry a concealed weapon, had a gun, pulled it and shot the suspects.



Read more: http://www.mlive.com/detroit-river/index.ssf/2013/02/detroit_employee_could_face_pu.html#incart_river_default



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