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DPD source says Mich. Sen. Virgil Smith fired shotgun shots after arguing with girlfriend
May 10 2015 ^
| Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff
Posted on 05/11/2015 5:48:03 AM PDT by cripplecreek
DETROIT -
Police searched a state senator's home Sunday after he was accused of firing a shotgun following a fight with his girlfriend.
Sources told Local 4 state Sen. Virgil Smith, who represents the fourth district, fired several shots into the woman's car.
Investigators walked out of state Smith's home with what appeared to be a shotgun wrapped in a garbage bag. Investigators with Detroit police placed it in the backseat of an unmarked car.
Around 1 a.m. Sunday police were called to Smith's home for reports of shots fired
Sources told Local 4 that early Sunday morning Smith and his girlfriend, a prominent businesswoman from Ann Arbor, got into an argument. Police said the victim told them multiple shots were fired in front of the home at Wexford and Hilldale, on the east side.
Sources said the woman was not injured, but that her 2015 Mercedes Benz was struck by gunfire.
Neighbors said they have mixed feelings on allegations against Smith of domestic violence.
Local 4 reached out to Smith's girlfriend but she did not return any calls.
The mayor's office is also not commenting on the investigation.
Smith has not been charged. At this point, police won't confirm if he was even questioned or taken into custody.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: democrat; michigan
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Yes, he is indeed a democrat.
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:49:34 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
Seems like most Democrats are anti gun is because they can’t trust themselves with them let alone others.
To: cripplecreek
Yep...you can take some people out of Detroit, but you can’t take Detroit out of some people.
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:52:18 AM PDT
by
GoldenPup
To: riverrunner
Seems like most Democrats are anti gun is because they cant trust themselves with them let alone others.
That's exactly the way I've felt about it for a long time. If I recall correctly, this clown threw a tantrum about open carry in the state capitol building a few years back.
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:53:36 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
You ain’t leaving in the car. If you leave, you gonna be driving them Hush Puppies you got on.
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:54:41 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: cripplecreek
What? You can't have a friendly little shootout with your (ex) girlfriend?
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:57:43 AM PDT
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
To: cripplecreek
When will the ID of the g/f surface? A quick search yielded nada.
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:57:49 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: cripplecreek
If only that mercedes had been armed.
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:58:36 AM PDT
by
CharleysPride
(non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere -- Charlie Daniels)
To: riverrunner
Rats are emotional thinkers.
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posted on
05/11/2015 5:58:43 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: cripplecreek
Smith has not been charged. At this point, police won't confirm if he was even questioned or taken into custody. .
To: Fightin Whitey
Not unusual if there is no further threat (especially if the suspect is a politician)
This winter a guy in Hillsdale killed his son in law and wasn’t arrested. They took his guns for the duration of the investigation but they ended up not charging him.
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:04:20 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
I think maybe we need to cut Senator Virgil Smith a little slack here.
Since this story is out of Detroit, maybe he was just trying to emphasize that his girl friend should have bought an American made automobile instead of that 2015 Mercedes Benz. He was really just trying to assassinate the Mercedes
See? In reality he was really protecting American workers and the American Automobile industry, in the home of the American automobile industry.
Could be. maybe.
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:04:40 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(I fell more like Phillip Nolan every day.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:05:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:07:32 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:08:10 AM PDT
by
McBuff
To: McBuff
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:10:11 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: cripplecreek
Hear that.
Amusing though that for a great statesman like the Senator they won’t even confirm that he has been spoken to.
Funny too that the neighbors are of “mixed feelings” about domestic violence allegations.
Nothing very mixed about the big holes in that new Mercedes.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:23:10 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: Fightin Whitey
A few years back the head of some advocacy group against domestic violence in Michigan was arrested for assaulting her husband.
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posted on
05/11/2015 6:23:33 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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