Detroit police officer wounded during struggle, teenage suspect shot and killed

DETROIT (WWJ) — A Detroit police officer is hospitalized and a teenager is dead following an officer-involved shooting, late Thursday night on the city’s east side.

It all unfolded around 10:30 p.m. in a neighborhood near I-94 and Morang.

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said officers were on routine patrol in the area because there has been a rash of breaking-and-entering incidents recently. Officers saw three people with masks on near a building and stopped to investigate…

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