Tag: Detroit

Man Charged With Murder in Detroit-Area Hotel Shooting

DEARBORN, Mich.—A man accused of killing a suburban Detroit hotel employee and barricading himself in a room for hours was charged Sunday with murder and other crimes. Reichsrd Williams-Lewis, 37, was denied bond during an appearance in court. He is accused of fatally shooting a 55-year-old employee on the third floor of a Hampton Inn…


US Elections Offices Start Severing Ties With Software Firm After Chief Executive’s Arrest

Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…


Elections Offices Severing Ties With Elections Software Firm After CEO’s Arrest

Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…


Suspect in Fatal Shooting at Hotel Near Detroit Surrenders

DEARBORN, Mich.—A man accused of fatally shooting a hotel clerk in suburban Detroit during a dispute over money then barricading himself inside a room has surrendered to police, authorities said. The gunman’s surrender at the Hampton Inn in Dearborn occurred shortly before 9 p.m. EDT Thursday, or nearly seven hours after the standoff began. Businesses…


Police: Michigan Trooper Shot, Critically Wounded in Detroit

DETROIT—An undercover trooper with Michigan State Police was shot and critically wounded early Tuesday as he and other members of a narcotics unit were conducting surveillance in Detroit, police said. The trooper was struck by gunfire around 1:30 a.m. EDT on Detroit’s west side as he and other members of the narcotics unit came under…


Revamped Detroit Auto Show Now Also Features New Flying Tech

DETROIT—The Detroit auto show has returned after a three-year absence with a roar. And a soar. Visitors to the prestigious North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), which kicked off last week, can lay eyes on the latest offerings from some of the world’s biggest automakers, as they’ve been able to in years past. But this…


Man Charged in Random Detroit Shootings That Killed 3

A 19-year-old man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in a series of apparently random shootings over roughly two hours last weekend in Detroit that left three people dead and a fourth wounded. Dontae Ramon Smith was arraigned later in the day in 36th District Court on the three murder counts as well as other…


Witnesses: Armed Bystander Prevented 4th Detroit Death

DETROIT—A young man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets fled when an armed bystander saw him shoot a fourth person and responded with his own gunfire, witnesses told a TV station. “He scattered like a jack rabbit,” Wallace Pleasant told WXYZ-TV. Three people were killed over roughly two hours early Sunday. The…


Detroit Police: Suspect Arrested in Fatal ‘Random’ Shootings

DETROIT—A person waiting for the bus and another walking their dog were among four people shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to fire randomly over about 2 1/2 hours in Detroit, police said. Police arrested a suspect Sunday night after an hourslong manhunt. Chief James White said tips led officers to the suspect,…


GM, Ford Confront Wall Street’s Recession Fears

DETROIT—General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. are about to replay a script they have played out many times before—trying to convince investors they can get through a recession without skidding into the red. Analysts have been cutting share price targets and profit estimates for the Detroit automakers over the past several weeks, in tandem…