Police Investigate After 1 Dead, 1 Injured In Car On Detroit's West Side

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police launched an investigation Sunday after finding two people shot — one of them fatally — inside a car on the city's west side.

Officers found a black 2016 Chevy Impala that had hit a pole just before 3 a.m. Police then discovered that the occupants had been shot.

A 51-year-old man was dead inside the car and a 27-year-old woman who was a passenger was injured. She was hospitalized in temporary serious condition.

"The circumstances pertaining to this incident are under investigation," police said in a statement.

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