DUGGAN. OKAY? EARLY IN THE STAGES OF THE INVESTIGATION, SO PLEASE RESPECT THAT. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. THIS IS WHAT WE
KNOW. NOW, THIS IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE, OBVIOUSLY ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION VERY TRAGIC AND
SAD DAY FOR THE DEPARTMENT’S
ASSET. THAT YOU RESPECT THAT
THIS EVENING. POLICE OFFICERS
RESPONDED FROM THE SECOND
PRECINCT TO A 911 CALL FOR A
SUBJECT WAS FIRING SHOTS
INDISCRIMINATELY. AT THE
LOCATION THAT THEY ARRIVED AT
JOY ROAD AND MARLO STREET.
APPROXIMATELY 7 32 RUN CAME OUT.
THE OFFICERS ARRIVED WITHIN
MINUTES AT 7 32. THE OFFICER
OPPONENTS ARRIVAL. IMMEDIATELY
TOOK FIRE FROM THE SUBJECT WHO
WAS ARMED WITH A DRACO ASSAULT
RIFLE. SADLY THE OFFICER WAS
STRUCK AND SUCCUMBED TO HIS
INJURIES. HIS PARTNER WAS ABLE
TO RETURN FIRE AND THE SUSPECT
THE SUBJECT WAS FATALLY STRUCK
AS WELL WITH THE HEAVY HEART.
THAT I HAVE TO INFORM OUR
DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY
THAT WE LOST ONE OF OUR HEROES
TODAY. AH! VERY SAD AND TRAGIC
EVENT. I JUST ASKED THAT WE
RESPECT THE FACT THAT THIS IS
ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. FAMILY
MEMBERS STILL NEED TO BE
NOTIFIED TO THIS MUCH
INFORMATION THAT WE CANNOT SHARE
WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. OTHER THAN
THAT WAS A FIVE YEAR VETERAN
POLICE OFFICER IN OUR DEPARTMENT
COMES FROM A LONG HISTORY OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. FATHER
RECENTLY RETIRED POLICE OFFICER
IN THIS DEPARTMENT AS WELL. UH
JUST A TRAGIC EVENT. WE LOST A
HERO TODAY, AND THEY DEPARTMENT
IN THE CITY IS GRIEVING. UM BUT
I WILL TELL YOU, UM, BUT THE
OFFICERS ARE HEARTBROKEN. UM AND
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY DOING
EXACTLY WHAT THIS COMMUNITY
NEEDS AND WHAT WE WANT THEM TO
DO, AND THAT’S PUT THEIR LIVES
ON THE LINE AND WE’RE VERY HARD.
FOR THIS CITY AND FOR THIS
DEPARTMENT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
THAT OUT. BRING THE MAYOR UP AT
THIS TIME. YOUR RATES UP SO MUCH
VIOLENCE SEEMS LIKE THERE’S
NOWHERE. IN THIS COUNTRY THAT
YOU CAN BE SAFE. BUT THERE’S
PEOPLE WHO DON’T BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS. AND
THEY HAVE A CALLING THEY
BELIEVE. IF THEY CAN PROTECT US
AND THE DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS
EVERY DAY. RIGHT, THE MOST
VIOLENT PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY. IN ORDER TO PROTECT
THE REST OF US JUST TIME WITH
THE FAMILY. DESCRIBED. FALLEN
OFFICER, SOMEBODY WHO HAD TO
CALL HIM FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
WAS DOING UH HUH. WHAT HE LOVED
AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL. DEMOCRATIC
TUTU. ALL THE OFFICERS OUT
THERE, WORKING AND TONIGHT. WE
HAVE AN OFFICER AND A FAMILY.
WITH THE DEBT. THAT WE CAN NEVER
REPAY. THIS ENTIRE CITY. IT’S
HOLDING THE FAMILY AND THEIR
HEARTS TONIGHT AND WE WILL BE
WITH THEM. EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY. DIFFICULT. DAISY. CHIEF.
YOU KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS
INJURED, HE MENTIONED FIRING
SHOTS INDISCRIMINATELY WHEN THEY
ARRIVED. WE DON’T KNOW OF ANY
OTHER PARTIES THAT WERE INJURED,
OBVIOUSLY, AS I INDICATED THE
SUSPECT TOOK FIRE AS WELL. AFTER
HE SHOT OUR OFFICE. DO YOU HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT THIS DRACO, THIS
ASSAULT RIFLE BEING USED AND
JUST BEING SHOT INDISCRIMINATELY
OUT THERE LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY
IN A TIME LIKE THIS IN A COUNTRY
I THINK, YOU KNOW. THE VIOLENCE
IN THIS COUNTRY IS OUTRAGEOUS.
UH ASSAULTS AGAINST POLICE
OFFICERS IS OUTRAGEOUS. AND
TONIGHT WE LOST OUR HERO IN OUR
DEPARTMENT. AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE
OF WHERE YOU STAND ON THE WHAT
SIDE OF POLITICAL VALUE ON ON
THIS ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IS
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH GUN VIOLENCE
IN THE CITY. TOO MUCH GUN
VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND
NOW WE’VE GOT AN OFFICER. WHO
HAS PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE,
PUTTING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR
YOU AND ME, YOU AND ME EVERY
SINGLE DAY, AND OFFICERS ARE
DOING IT RIGHT NOW. EVEN AFTER
THIS CALL ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WAS
THIS SUSPECT SOMEONE WHO’S KNOWN
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I DON’T
KNOW WHO HE IS. UM BUT I KNOW
RIGHT NOW IS HE SHOT ONE OF OUR
OFFICERS AND HE KILLED ONE OF
OUR HEROES. AND I’VE GOT A
FAMILY THAT’S GRIEVING. THIS DID
NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN. AND YOU
KNOW, HOW DO YOU TELL HER MOM
AND CHILD BUT I JUST HAD TO TELL
THEM. IT’S OUTRAGEOUS TALK AT
ALL ABOUT THEIR REACTION TO THIS
, AND YOU WOULD IMAGINE WHAT THE
REACTION IS HEARTBROKEN. THEY’RE
THEY’RE SOLD AS CRUSH. I MEAN,
THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF THEIR
LIFE, AND THAT’S NOT COMING
HOME. HUSBAND’S NOT COMING HOME.
AND IT’S UNACCEPTABLE ABSOLUTELY
UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
SO SORRY. THANK YOU. I WILL