Defense Presents Case In Dearborn Heights Porch Shooting Trial
It appears Renisha McBride was knocking so hard she hurt her hand just before she was fatally shot on the defendant's front porch.
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It appears Renisha McBride was knocking so hard she hurt her hand just before she was fatally shot on the defendant's front porch.
He shot another man dead and made a run for it...
Jakari Pearson was sleeping in his upstairs bedroom when one of the bullets came through the window and struck him in the chest.
Police said that the victim, 20, fought with the assailant before ultimately getting shot in the chest.
Several phone calls and texts were made by Renisha McBride's father during the evening when she was fatally shot on Wafer's porch, according to ATF cell phone analyst Stan Brue.
A prisoner in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to a decade-old murder in Michigan.
A 58-year-old woman who was briefly released from jail after being convicted of shooting her lover over his performance in bed is headed back behind bars.
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Detroit police are searching for the gunman who opened fire inside a party store on the city's west side, killing an 18-year-old.
New research shows more people have died in Michigan from shootings than car accidents for the third year in a row.
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Oakland County prosecutors are fighting the release of a 58-year-old Southfield woman in bizarre shooting case.
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Dashean Keith Williams is wanted in a fatal shooting the night of July 23.
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An unknown sedan occupied by four black males approached after which one of the occupants exited the vehicle and began shooting.
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The city of Detroit has rolled out a multi-million-dollar road repair project to fix local roads, streets and bridges across the city by the end of the year.
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Another deadly crash following a police chase has renewed calls for legislative change to deter offenders from fleeing.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has four Michigan residents in separate healthcare fraud cases.
The death of one dialysis patient and hospital treatment for five others are under scrutiny in the Novi area.
A 17-year-old accused of leading Warren police on a chase that ended in a deadly crash near the Warren-Detroit border last week has been charged with felony murder.
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Five of the twelve organizations receiving these opioid settlement funded grants are located in Southeast Michigan.
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The United Auto Workers announced on Wednesday a tentative agreement with American Axle in Three Rivers, Michigan, ending a 10-day strike.
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National Detroit-style Pizza Day is June 23, a date tied to a dish that traces its roots to a Detroit neighborhood bar and a Sicilian family recipe from 1946.
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President Trump canceled a planned signing ceremony on Wednesday for a housing affordability bill that passed Congress by wide bipartisan margins.
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The boy was on a tour of the Bahamas' Exuma Cays with his family when the attack occurred, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said.
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President Trump says major automakers Ford and General Motors are in talks with defense contractors about possibly repurposing some plants for weapons production.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer named a new acting director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ahead of current Director Elizabeth Hertel's departure.
On Monday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the state's second round of medical debt forgiveness.
Blood drives are happening all across Michigan, including one at the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Michigan Chapter in Detroit.
It has been two weeks since a contentious Hamtramck City Council meeting sparked loud controversy when the council voted to fire City Manager Adel al-Adlani.
In a quick motion, the Detroit Pistons reportedly traded up from No. 21 to No. 17 to take Stanford guard Ebuka Okorie in the NBA draft on Tuesday.
Just months after winning their first NCAA championship title since 1989, the Michigan Wolverines celebrated several of their players who were selected in the 2026 NBA draft.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered, drove in two runs and scored twice and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3.
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Former U.S. Energy Secretary and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm appears exclusively on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters.
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It's the fourth year the Detroit Grand Prix has been on the streets of the Motor City after moving from Belle Isle.
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The city of Detroit has rolled out a multi-million-dollar road repair project to fix local roads, streets and bridges across the city by the end of the year.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is announcing $3.75 million in grant funds for youth substance use prevention programs across the state.
Another deadly crash following a police chase in Michigan has renewed calls for legislative change to deter offenders from fleeing. Democratic Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit, said the problem with police high-speed chases is more complicated than simply imposing longer sentences on offenders.
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