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DETROIT (WXYZ) One person was killed as hundreds of people gathered in downtown Detroit on Friday night as part of nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis this week.
The shooting did not involve police.
A DPD spokesperson days a grey Dodge Durango pulled up and fired into the crowd, striking a 19-year-old man. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.
https://www.wxyz.com/news/photos-and-videos-hundreds-gather-at-large-protest-in-downtown-detroit-on-friday-night
Walleye
(31,173 posts)applegrove
(118,980 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)Sunsky
(1,737 posts)You know, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts"- The Don in the White house. Tragic.
crickets
(25,996 posts)roamer65
(36,748 posts)wnylib
(21,818 posts)I sure hope so.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)wnylib
(21,818 posts)several supremacist groups in the country like Nazi, Aryan Nation, KKK member, etc. Of course, it is possible to be BOTH a magat and a Klansman.
Solomon
(12,324 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,204 posts)MichMan
(12,002 posts)Unfortunately a fairly common occurrence.
No reports of any looting last night
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)lpbk2713
(42,779 posts)He probably drove hundreds of miles.