Damon Bently faces up to life in prison for killing a Westland man in Southwest Detroit last year.

A 9-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the stomach and leg in a Detroit shooting that also killed a 20-year-old relative, police say.

Violent crime has been trending downward in Detroit and across Michigan, but the five major candidates running for governor ...

This story has been updated with new information. Homicides in Detroit continue to decline, with 2025 marking what officials have described as yet another historic drop: the fewest murders since 1964, ...

Detroit police are investigating after a shooting at a west side house party left three teenagers hospitalized Saturday night ...

Gino Vicci was born and raised in Detroit. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rochester College with a bachelor's degree in Communications. At Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, he ...

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DETROIT – Detroit officials say the city saw a dramatic drop in violent crime in 2025, reaching levels not seen in decades and falling below 200 homicides for the first time since the mid-1960s.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Former U.S. Rep. and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers called on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan ...

President Donald Trump deployed federal troops to the streets of Washington, D.C., on Monday to combat what he characterized as out-of-control crime. The move raises the possibility that the commander ...

Detroit doesn’t need the National Guard to come in to address violent crime. The city under Mayor Mike Duggan is not in a state of anarchy or lawlessness. Despite the opportunistic call for the ...