Crime & Safety
BREAKING: Public Asked to Avoid Area of Police Standoff
A gunman is reportedly barricaded in a home on Detroit's west side, and Carver STEM Academy is on lockdown.

DETROIT, MI – Detroit police are responding to a report of a barricaded gunman on the city’s west side with a mobile command unit, according to media reports.
WDIV-TV said man assaulted his girlfriend, then fled to a nearby home for safety, where he is reportedly in a standoff with police. A child may be among the people in the home, police said.
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People are asked to avoid the area — the 6400 block of Artesian — until the situation is resolved.
Nearby Carver STEM Academy is on lockdown as a precaution, Detroit Public Schools said in a statement. Officers are posted at the door.
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