him that breaking news comes from
Detroit where the Detroit police officer
who was struck by a car in a hit and run
two weeks ago has died that tragic news
does top our news this noon 30 year old
Fadi Shakur was hit on August 4th on
West McNichols near Stu Halon Avenue on
Detroit's West Side this is video from
the scene of that accident he was
walking to his car after helping other
Detroit police officers respond to a
crowd control situation in that area and
that's when he was struck
Coco McEvoy has more the Troy police
officer Fadi Shakur was hospitalized for
two weeks following that hit-and-run and
now we're told he has passed away from
his injuries and the Detroit Police
Department is holding a news conference
Detroit police officer Fadi Shakur
passed away after a hit and run on
Detroit's West Side it happened on
August 4th Shakur and his partner were
breaking up a crowd on West McNichols
when 19 year-old Jonathan Cole allegedly
hit him and kept going
Shakur had only been on the force for a
year and was recently married he was on
life support for a couple of weeks until
his passing the suspect later turned
himself in to police and is now facing
serious charges the Detroit Police
Department is holding a press conference
this afternoon to update the case a news
conference is expected to happen very
shortly we'll of course keep you updated
on this story I'm Coco McEvoy local 4
certainly in his short time he made a
difference he served his entire time
from graduation from the police academy
at the 8th precinct so again on August
4th at 2:40 a.m. officer secure was
involved in a traffic and crowd control
and was critically injured by this Jeep
Liberty had fled from the scene at high
rate of speed Shakur was on a special
attention assisting with crowd control
in the 18 thousand eight hundred block
of Nick Nichols it was like a vigil 1
year celebration the life of someone and
so there were lots of folks and the 8th
precinct was aware of it went to the
location to make sure it won't be safe
and also to manage the group of people
who were attending the vigil once the
accident occurred and once again this is
what I talk about when you talk about
Detroit police officers within seconds
of him being struck by that vehicle they
immediately placed him in a marked unit
and rushed him through miles to where he
was treated at local hospital a Sinai
grace the suspect 19 year-old Jonathan
Cole turned himself in later that day
12:00 noon the Fonda at the fourth
Precinct
we also recovered his vehicle was
located in Belleville a warrant packet
was submitted that following Sunday and
initially he was charged with reckless
driving causing serious impairment to a
bodily function and failure to stop at
the scene of an accident resulting in
serious impairment the suspect has
remained in custody since that time
however since the death of officer
secured charges were submitted today to
the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and
he's now been charged with murder two
reckless driving causing death and
failed to stop in an accident resulting
in death we anticipate arraignment for
the new charges will take place this
afternoon
and when also as I close and turn it
over to the mayor and when also offer
condolences and prayers to sergeant Lee
Smith of Wayne County Prosecutor's
Office to both Sheriff Napoleon and his
team who was as you now know was killed
by a hit-and-run driver it should be
also noted we look at a recent line of
duty deaths year-to-date we have in the
Detroit Police Department had three line
of duty deaths as compared to an entire
year of last year 2017 one line of duty
death so with that I turn it over to the
men Thank You chief it's a reminder
today how many dangers the men and women
of the Detroit Police Department face
two years ago right about this time
officer Myron Jarrett was killed by a
speeding driver as he was writing a
traffic ticket turned out that driver
was on cocaine and we think about the
risks relative to violence but there are
a lot of a lot of dangerous duties and
one of the most heartbreaking parts of
this is the Detroit Police Department
was doing exactly what they should have
been done that night on McNichols the
violence shootings and homicides are
down again double digits this year and
you cover when there are homicides is
appropriate it's harder to cover when
violence has been prevented but this is
the kind of thing that the DPD is doing
at 1:30 in the morning a patrol officer
in the 8th precinct saw the event coming
out of the rental hall that chief Craig
described huge crowds starting to back
up traffic it's the kind of thing in the
past
traffic gets jammed a hot night people
get angry incidents development the
patrol officer says let's bring some
other squad cars out here from the 8th
precinct clear the traffic
several cars come out they peacefully
and without any significant incident
over the next hour clear the traffic out
of that event we don't know how many
times we prevented incidents by this
type of proactive policing and an
officer Shakur died a hero he was out
preventing an incident from potentially
developing and at 2:40 in the morning as
the last of the cars were dispersing he
walked across the street and an
individual came through at a very high
rate of speed Prosecutor worthy will
handle that as is appropriate and in the
last case the driver who struck officer
Jarrett got 16 to 20 years in prison we
have full confidence
the prosecutor worthy will we'll handle
this but Fadi Shakur what died
protecting the city you know exactly
what he should have been doing and I've
talked to his father Tony several times
over the last 10 or 11 days it has been
a difficult time for the family for the
Detroit Police staff that have been
supporting the family and we'll have the
funeral arrangements shortly but today
everybody's heart is broken in the city
for a good man a newlywed and and I know
the family knows that our hearts are
with them Thank You mr. mayor I just
wanted to also add to what the mayor
said I want to really thank our peer
support our chaplain Corps who we've had
too many of these but they're always
there there to support the families of
our fallen officers so and I'm when I
also thanked the mayor the mayor had
played an instrumental role in working
closely with this family during this
very difficult time so mr. mayor thank
you for your leadership in that so also
in the lasting union president mark diaz
of d POA certainly sends his thoughts
and prayers he couldn't be here
because of another commitment and so
with that I'll take any questions you
might have you are listening to Detroit
Police Chief James Craig along with
Mayor Mike Duggan talking about the loss
of one of our Detroit police officers
Friday's Shakur was killed in a hit and
run actually was surviving his injuries
for nearly two weeks but passed away
today
he's a newlywed and the third officer to
die in the line of duty this year alone
as chief Craig just mentioned Mayor Mike
Duggan saying that he died protecting
the city and that this is a reminder how
the dangers that our officers face every
single day so our hearts were certainly
with the Shakur family this noon