A trooper with the Michigan State Police was injured and trapped inside his vehicle in a rollover crash as he was responding to a stabbing call on Tuesday.
A man was sentenced to serve life in prison Tuesday for the killing Oakland County, MI, Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Overall in 2017.
Despite the suspect firing multiple rounds at the officers, law enforcement did not fire back out of concern a bullet could strike one of the innocent victims still inside the house. Sheriff Fuller said that decision allowed the suspect to be taken into custody alive.
An officer with the Battle Creek (MI) Police Department was shot multiple times in the early hours of Saturday morning. He is now listed in stable condition.
Trooper Bill Strouse saw a vehicle that looked like a giant banana traveling down a rural road and decided to effect a traffic stop—not for a violation, but to express appreciation for the craftsmanship of the car.
Police chief James Craig said the sergeant “sat in his scout car a block away while you could hear people screaming ‘officer down’ on the radio.”
One officer with the Detroit Police Department was killed and another wounded while responding to a home invasion call on Wednesday night.
The shooting reportedly happened during a dispute between a landlord and a tenant at an apartment building.
The man convicted of shooting and wounding an officer with the Saginaw Township Police Department was scheduled to receive his sentence on Wednesday afternoon but that proceeding will take place another day.
A man was found of first-degree murder, premeditated murder, and homicide of a peace officer by a jury in the Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court on Friday in the death of Oakland County Deputy Eric Overall.