  Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 180 Registered: 03-2005 |
So I was fast asleep last night about 3 a.m. when I heard voices right outside and realized they weren't coming from the street, but either my driveway or yard. I stuck my head out the window and saw several flashlight beams from neighboring backyards, then a guy jumped the fence into my yard. They were talking loudly (not yelling) and it was all "I think he went over here" and such. I went downstairs to the back door and opened it to the screen (maybe not the wisest thing in retrospect, but from their flashlights and choice of vocabulary it seemed they weren't knuckleheads or Halloween pranksters.) There were six Detroit cops scurrying around my backyard with flashlights, looking in my car windows, and my garage door was wide open. I was too asleep to be freaked out. I must have been standing there watching for about two minutes before one of them saw me, and came up all breathless and asked if I'd seen anyone run through here, and if I'd left my garage door open. I said no, and the garage door definitely wasn't open before. He said they were looking for a black kid in a gray hoodie with a gun, and if you see him call 911, and you don't have to say anything. Right then they heard "we got him" on their radios from another cop across the street and they ran off. I yelled "thanks" as they ran down my driveway. I looked in front and there must have been 6 police cars within sight, and a couple more cruised by right afterwards. All I could think was, wow, either this kid was really dangerous, or maybe we don't have the problem with police response that some would say. Or maybe since I'm in East English Village (one of the Next Detroit neighborhoods) that they really do give the address a priority. Even after waking up and thinking about it, I'm not freaked out, I'm not scared to live there, I'm grateful that so many cops responded and got the punk. Any thoughts? | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 10835 Registered: 12-2003 |
Overall, I'm happy you weren't sleeping in a gray hoodie...things could've turned out differently. Yeah, it's good they were on the track of the fellow...nothing missing from your garage, apparently?! | ||
Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 181 Registered: 03-2005 |
Y'know, I didn't even think to check the garage. I just closed it and went back to bed. We DO have a nice lawnmower... which I probably would've heard being dragged away. btw, gray hoodie or not, there's little possibility I'd be mistaken for a black youth trying to escape the po-po. *whew* | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 686 Registered: 11-2006 |
Wow.... That must've been a bit surreal | ||
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city Post Number: 447 Registered: 04-2006 |
My first thoughts is that the cops weren't cops at all and you were about to meet the grim reaper. Guns schmuns. | ||
Yelloweyes Member Username: Yelloweyes Post Number: 202 Registered: 02-2007 |
I live in EEV. May I ask whereabouts? What cross-streets? My wife got into a minor car accident in EEV about a year ago and the Ambulance team that arrived said you shouldn't wait for the police, go to the sation. The police arrived about five minutes later. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 3906 Registered: 02-2005 |
Glad that turned out alright, Diehard. And glad that the event in itself doesn't make you want to resent your neighborhood, as it might for some other people. EEV is kind of a dark neighborhood with alot of hiding places, like the residential areas in Grosse Pointe. On the other hand, there are a lot of eyes and ears there. And, apparently, good policing. | ||
Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 182 Registered: 03-2005 |
Not sure where it started out, but I'm on Grayton near Berden, and the cops were jumping fences from the yards on Bishop from what I could see. I've got nothing bad to say about the police response in EEV. They've always been right on the scene and taking care of business. Of course, we only call when there's something worth calling about, not over stupid neighbor disputes or barking dogs or whatnot. And we're always polite, not hysterical or abusive. I'm sure that makes a difference. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 10836 Registered: 12-2003 |
Yeah, gotta save that stuff for the meter monsters. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 10661 Registered: 10-2003 |
While not related another good report of the men and women in DPD: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/U PDATE/711010495 DETROIT -- Two police officers on patrol today in the city's Western District were in the right place, along Dexter Avenue, at the right time, 11:05 a.m., when they were flagged down by a merchant reporting an armed robbery | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 571 Registered: 07-2007 |
Detroit Convention Bureau Advertisement: Live work play in Detroit, not a single day without excitement! Tenant 9 in the Detroit living Bible: Lock thy garage! | ||
Boshna Member Username: Boshna Post Number: 186 Registered: 01-2005 |
I live on Harvard right around Berden and I heard 12 gunshots (2 different guns) around 3 AM. I heard police sirens within 2 minutes. Perhaps this is related? | ||
Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 183 Registered: 03-2005 |
That had to be it (god, I hope so! Two in one night WOULD freak me out!) It's strange that I didn't hear the gunshots though, especially so close by. Did you call 911? If so, thanks for what could have saved my life and a few others last night.! | ||
Boshna Member Username: Boshna Post Number: 187 Registered: 01-2005 |
Definitely called 911. I was very pleased to hear sirens within a minute of hanging up. It's intriguing; I am probably right behind you and I didn't hear any commotion other than the initial gunshots. |
