A 27-year-old man walked into Detroit’s 11th Precinct station on Thursday seeking help after being shot, according to police. Officers found he had suffered a gunshot wound to the left buttock area and rushed him to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover.
The man went directly to the department’s northeast side station at 5100 E. Nevada Avenue, as reported by WDIV ClickOnDetroit. The precinct, which covers several northeast Detroit neighborhoods, sits under the leadership of Commander Michael Chambers and has increasingly served as an emergency point of contact for residents in crisis, according to the City of Detroit. Where the shooting itself occurred remains unclear, and it has not been established whether any suspects have been arrested.
Investigation Remains Open
The station’s report notes that the shooting investigation is ongoing, with detectives working to piece together what happened before the man arrived at the precinct wounded. Anyone with information is asked to call the 11th Precinct Detective Unit at (313) 596-1100, per the same account.
Investigators are also leaning on anonymous tip channels to help crack the case. People with information can submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers, which operates a hotline at 1-800-SPEAK-UP and offers cash rewards of up to $2,500 for information leading to a felony arrest, according to Crime Stoppers of Michigan. Tipsters receive a confidential tracking code that lets them collect payouts at local banks without showing identification. DetroitRewardsTV also accepts anonymous tips, and the City of Detroit describes the platform as a joint effort between DPD and Crime Stoppers offering up to $5,000 for information on featured unsolved violent crimes, though tipsters must contact Crime Stoppers before law enforcement to remain eligible for that reward money, according to the City of Detroit.
A Precinct With a Recent History of Violence Nearby
This is not the first violent incident tied to the 11th Precinct’s coverage area this year. On August 12, officers patrolling near 7 Mile Road and Ryan Road applied emergency tourniquets to save a shooting victim before EMS arrived, a case Hoodline previously covered. Just ten days later, detectives opened an investigation after a man was fatally shot on the 19900 block of Revere Street, with the suspect still at large at the time…