[Westlander]

Just another day in Detroit.


8:10 am EST February 27, 2006

DETROIT -- Two Detroit police officers were shot during a traffic stop early Monday morning on the city's west side.

The shooting occurred just before 4 a.m. at a Mobil gas station located at Evergreen and Fenkell, Local 4 reported.

The officers had spotted the suspects' vehicle in connection with a previous incident and pulled over the vehicle at the gas station, according to the report. The officers were checking the identification of the driver and returned to their patrol car when someone opened fire, the station reported.

The officers initially returned to their car to chase the suspects, but then realized they were shot and pulled over, Local 4 reported. One officer was shot in his bullet-proof vest, and the other was shot beneath his vest, the station reported.

[sns5151]

Did the channel 4 news have two reporters on the site this morning?
G-Whiz! You know, it really sounds stupid, like the police didn't know they were hit until they were in the squad car then they pulled over. When they the officers noticed one in the chest but hit the vest and the other was hit just under maybe past the cover of the vest?

Or maybe it could be understood like this....... the report at 4am was the first squad and they
were the ones hit by open fire outside the gas station. So then later a second police car later found suspects to be of interest in the area and they were the ones who gave chase to the suspects.
Don't know, We've only lived here in Detroit S. area just short of a year after having to close a Chicago business, Chicago has some very bad areas, So news like this is unfortunately but almost common to any large city. It seems the News in Chicago you could at least understand the "when" "who" "what" and "where" like 6th grade level of understanding, but the news up here is strange to say the least.
Maybe I need to take another communications class.

More importantly, what happened to the suspects?
Suicide worked out for a lot of people yesterday.

Semper FI
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