There was a triple shooting at a gas station on Fort Street in Detroit. The single fatality was an innocent bystander as one gang tried to execute a man and woman from a rival gang. The shooter wore a face mask and sprayed 40 rounds with an AK-47, with the bystander being shot multiple times. The victim, 46-year-old Ray Baker Jr had just moved back to Detroit from Port Huron to be closer to his children and grandchildren. Baker was just getting a pack of cigarettes when he was murdered in the crossfire. Baker’s family called him peaceful and gentle man.

And finally, in “It is a Darwin move to be anywhere near Detroit” news,

• The final third and fourth suspects, in a robbery-murder in Detroit of 64-year-old man plead guilty to avoid life sentences.  Back in February, they ordered a man out of his car, then down to the ground, and then fatally shot him before they robbed him.
• Dearborn Police are searching for two suspects that shot and killed a 29-year-old woman during a robbery. Saja Al-Janabi and her sister left Iraq to find safety and freedom, only to be murdered for pocket change. Dearborn Police say the suspects robbed at least two other people nearby at gunpoint.   
• A man was stabbed at a Detroit business downtown on Lafayette, he is now listed in critical condition. Detroit Police recovered the knife and made two arrests, a 21 and 23-year-old.
• Floyd Galloway Jr was sentenced to 16-years in prison for pleading guilty to the kidnapping, attempted rape, and attempted strangulation of a woman in Livonia. Galloway was just arraigned for the murder of (the still missing) Danielle Stislicki. Stislicki was last seen with Galloway, who was a SECURITY GUARD at her workplace in Southfield. Stislicki was last seen in December 2016.
• A 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Michigan Ave. in Detroit during an argument at 4pm.
• An argument near 7 Mile Road and Moross turned into a shooting and arrest. The victim is listed in temporary serious condition.
• A Candian truck driver was caught smuggling 265 pounds of cocaine into the U.S., worth about $6 million dollars. The current market price paid to truck drivers is $1,000 per kilo smuggled into the U.S. because Customs rarely catch them…

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