Teenage boy shot, killed at Bedford and I-94 in Detroit
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A teenage male was fatally shot in broad daylight in Detroit Wednesday afternoon.
Detroit police said the shooting took place around 4 p.m. in the area of Bedford and I-94 Service Drive.
"This young man should not be going to a morgue tonight, and it breaks my heart," said Detroit community activist and pastor Maurice Hardwick.
A Detroit resident, Shanida Shamily, witnessed the incident as she sat on her porch. According to her, it all began with a few kids exchanging some words.
"A group of guys looked like they were just talking, the conversation went left, and they were shooting, and I just ran in the house," Shamily said.
Police investigated the scene for hours. They spoke to neighbors about what they might know.
Neighbors told FOX 2 off camera they were not familiar with the kids who got into the dispute and shooting. But according to sources, the victim went to East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney and was known as a good kid who never got into trouble.
Hardwick said is going to take a lot more time, effort and resources from everyone to save the youth of Detroit.
"These kids are living in a culture of death and murder – where it’s not even scary to them," he said. "They laugh about it, because there's so much of it."
Descriptions of the suspects have not been released.
Police are still investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the Detroit police homicide unit at 313-596-2260 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800 SPEAK UP.
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