A person was electrocuted to death and another person was hospitalized after what police believe was an attempted utility theft in Detroit Wednesday afternoon.
Police responded to the area of Brainard Street and 3rd Avenue near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 3 p.m. for what was originally called in as an explosion or some kind of pipe bomb. Once officers arrived, they learned that wasn’t the case.
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One person electrocuted in Detroit, believed to be stealing copper 1 dies of electrocution, another hurt after attempted utility theft, DPD says
Police say they believe a man and a woman were attempting to steal copper from an abandoned school building when one of them was electrocuted…