Inkster police continue investigation into fatal shooting of teens
Inkster police are continuing an investigation into the shooting early Sunday morning which left two teens dead.
According to police reports, officers responded at about 4:50 a.m. April 12 to a report of a male gunshot victim seeking help at a home on the 26000 block of Penn. The home is located near Inkster Road and Michigan Avenue. Responding officers discovered a 17-year-old victim suffering from gunshot wounds. They immediately began lifesaving measures, according to police reports, and the victim was transported to a nearby hospital by Inkster emergency services. The teen was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, police said.
Inkster officers along with troopers from the Michigan State Police began a canvass of the neighborhood seeking any witnesses to the shooting. Officers discovered a trail of blood from the scene leading to the back yard of a home on the same block of Penn where the first shooting victim was discovered.
The blood evidence led to the discovery of a second shooting victim pronounced dead at the scene. A firearm was also recovered nearby the second victim identified by police as a 15-year-old boy.
The incident remains under investigation, police said, and Inkster detectives are reviewing video surveillance recordings and continue to interview witnesses Police have requested the public’s help and anyone with information regarding the incident or the victims is asked to contact Inkster Police Det. T. Parker at (313) 563-9869 or Michigan State Police D/Sgt. Cobb at (313) 236-7903.
