A block party in Detroit turned terrifying on Sunday when gunfire erupted, leaving two people dead and 19 young people injured, police said.
Police said celebrants between the ages of 17 and 27 were struck by gunfire around 2:30 a.m. in the Mohawk Regent neighborhood in the 13000 block of Rossini near Gratiot Street. Fox 2 Detroit.
The victims were a 21-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman. One remained in critical condition as of Monday, while the other victims are expected to recover from their injuries.
Detroit Police Chief James White said at a press conference Monday that police are investigating and that no arrests have been made.
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Detroit police officers collected evidence at the scene of a Detroit block party where two people were killed and 19 were injured over the weekend. (WJBK)
The shooting is the latest to hit the area in recent weeks.
“This is not normal,” local activist Sandra Turner Handy said of Sunday’s attack, according to Fox 2. “We have to be proactive. We have to be in the community and mobilize our residents to stand up and fight this type of violence.”
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Detroit police are filmed collecting evidence at a crime scene. (WJBK)
Detroit City Council Speaker Mary Sheffield called Sunday’s shooting an “unspeakable tragedy” and “another reminder that gun violence is an epidemic in Detroit and across the nation.”
“We must chart a new course of action, and I call on all of us to work together to end the senseless killings and destruction of families in our communities,” she said in a statement. “My heartfelt condolences go out to the victims and their families.”
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Two people killed and 19 injured at a block party in Detroit. (WJBK)
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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, appeared on X to speak about the shooting.
“Today another senseless shooting has devastated families in our community,” she wrote. “We owe it to them to urgently address this crisis. We need to save lives now.”
