DETROIT (FOX 2) – An undercover Dearborn police officer was shot at while working to recover a stolen car in Detroit on Monday.
According to Michigan State Police, the car’s owner reported it stolen to Dearborn police and told them it had an Apple AirTag on it. Police followed the AirTag’s location to Roosevelt near Martin Luther King in Detroit.
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When officers arrived, the stolen car was parked and two males were outside. According to MSP, one of the males fired a shot that hit the hood of the undercover officer’s car and then went through the officer’s hood of his sweatshirt and into the headrest of the back seat. The officer was not hurt.
With the help of Detroit police, officers executed search warrants at two homes in the area. They recovered four weapons and arrested two males in connection with the shooting. A third male was also arrested on outstanding warrants from another department.
The two shooting suspects are at the Detroit Detention Center, and police will be submitting their findings to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
Dearborn police officer uninjured after being fired at; 2 suspects arrested
A Dearborn police officer is lucky to be unharmed after being shot at, in southwest Detroit early Monday morning.
