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Shooter still wanted 2 months after 14-year-old boy murdered in Detroit

By Amber Ainsworth
Published  February 16, 2023 1:05pm EST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit police continue to look for a shooter who killed a 14-year-old boy last December.

The suspect fired shots from a dark-colored Jeep Cherokee in an alley in the 19100 block of Biltmore just after 5:40 p.m. Dec. 19, 2022. The shooter fled down the alley and south on Asbury Park.

A woman who lives nearby tried to help the boy after she heard gunshots and went outside. She saw the boy running toward her and started trying to stop his bleeding.

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"1 I told him, ‘Baby don’t run, let me help you,’" she said. "I was trying to see where he was wounded at, and I asked my son to get some towels, so I can put pressure on it."

When the teen stopped breathing, the woman tried CPR, but he did not make it.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 313-596-2260 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

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