DETROIT – Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison on Monday held up photos of 4-year-old Samir Grubbs and 6-year-old Rylee Love — both shot and killed in the city this summer — as he stressed his commitment to tackling both teen and gun violence.
“This is how seriously I take it,” Bettison said. “They need to know that we’re not going to tolerate it, and I will bring the heaviest prosecution from the U.S. attorney on a federal level, state, however, I can get you.”
Samir was killed while playing outside, and Rylee was shot while eating McDonald’s inside his home. Two teens have been charged in Samir’s death and another teen’s death — 18-year-old Davlyon Shalmonson-Bey, who tried to protect others, but Rylee’s killers remain at large…