Multiple Charges Filed in 2-Hour Standoff with Plymouth Police

PLYMOUTH, MI – A Plymouth man faces multiple firearm, assault and obstruction charges after a two-hour standoff with police that stemmed from an assault on his mother and girlfriend early Sunday morning, authorities said.

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In events that began unfolding about 2:50 a.m. Sunday, Daniel Jacob Howard, 25, is accused of beating the two women after an argument and firing his gun multiple times — including once at the basement wall of his mother’s home in the 9000 block of Tavistock and again during the standoff with Plymouth police near Interstate 96 and Newburg Road.

In a statement, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Howard is expected to be arraigned Monday afternoon before 35th District Court Judge James Plakas on the following charges:

• Discharge of a firearm in building,
• Discharge of a firearm in a motor vehicle,
• Fleeing third degree,
• Carrying a concealed weapon in a motor vehicle,
• Resisting and obstructing the police,
• Two counts of domestic violence assault and battery, and
• Felony firearm.

Worthy said in the statement that after assaulting the women, Howard “retrieved a gun and went to the basement, where it is alleged that he fired a shot into the wall, pointed the gun at his head and exited the house.”

Plymouth police responding to a 911 call caught up with Howard on Interstate 275, when he crashed into a median at Interstate 96 and Newburg Road, according to the statement. Howard allegedly fired his gun in the air again and threatened to kill himself during the standoff, which lasted for two hours before ending with Howard's arrest.