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Detroit police search for 2 after custody dispute leads to shooting

By Amber Ainsworth
Published  May 31, 2023 2:46pm EDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit
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Ashanti Jackson and Jeremiah Bennett

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit police are looking for two suspects after a child custody dispute led to a shooting Tuesday.

According to police, Jeremiah Bennett, 24, fired shots from a green 2009 Dodge Journey being driven by 30-year-old Ashanti Jackson.

A dispute over a child the victim and Jackson share led to the shooting on Murray Hill Street near Cambridge just before 3:30 p.m. Police said the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries while his dog was killed.

The Journey had Michigan plate ERE-0145.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Bennett or Jackson are asked to call police at 313-596-5840 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

DPD: Man shot and his dog killed in child custody dispute in Detroit

Investigators say this stems from a custody dispute between a child the victim and one of the suspects have in common.