Crime & Safety
Off-Duty D.C. Cop Shot Outside of Dearborn Strip Club
The police officer was shot in the back in an attempted hijacking early Monday morning.
Dearborn police are investigating a shooting that injured an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer Monday morning outside of a strip club, according to a WXYZ.com report.
The shooting happened during a carjacking attempt at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Oakman Boulevard, near The Pantheion Club, the report stated. The officer, a passenger in the truck being carjacked, was shot in the back, and the driver, the officer’s brother-in-law, also was grazed, the report added.
The police officer was apparently targeted in the carjacking, the report stated.
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The officer’s police department in D.C. told the TV station that he is expected to recover.
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