Detroit police identify two people wanted in fireworks shooting

The Detroit Police Department provided an update on Friday in connection with a shooting that happened during the Ford Fireworks show downtown earlier this week.

Chief Todd Bettison identified two people accused of being involved as 19-year-old Alphonso Cooper Jr., of Romulus, and Markalowe Keith Steen Jr., 18, of Brownstown. Bettison said Cooper is believed to be the shooter who injured two people — a 17-year-old boy from Romulus and a 22-year-old woman. Police identified Steen as a person of interest.

Bettison said the 17-year-old was the intended target, and the female victim was a bystander. Police say one of the victims was shot in the leg and the other was shot in the hand…

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