Detroit mayor, police, community join forces to combat outbreak of block party shootings

(8 Jul 2024)
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Detroit - 8 July 2024
1. Mayor Mike Duggan and others arrive at the site of a news conference
2. A display shows the genders, ages and conditions of those shot at a block party event
3. The city seal
4. City Council President Mary Sheffield at the news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Mike Duggan, (D) Detroit:
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“We had a level of violence last week that we rarely see anymore in Detroit. And it's caused a great deal of pain to the victims and their family, and it's caused a great deal of pain to the entire Detroit community. But what's especially troubling is that the violence was generated almost entirely by a growing form of illegal activity in this city. And that is the illegal block party. In the three days starting with July 4th, we had shootings at six separate illegal block parties, three homicides and 24 other shooting victims, 27 victims.”
6. A display shows where the shooting victims live
7. Various of police Chief James White
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chief James White, Detroit police:
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“This is people deciding to use our town, take over our neighborhoods and engage in lawlessness and take over our streets. That is not going to be tolerated.”
9. The Detroit Police Department seal
10. Wide cutaway of the news conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Chief James White, Detroit police:
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“The numbers are staggering. But you have to put in context precisely what happened. I mean, you've got a multitude of people that are engaged in this behavior. This isn't one suspect, one group being targeted. This is a group of people who are essentially engaged in a shootout.”
12. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy at the news conference
13. White speaks with community activist Teferi Brent
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Teferi Brent, community activist:
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“We need your help. We need all hands on deck. The police cannot do it on their own. The prosecutors and judges cannot do it on their own. CBI teams cannot do it on their own. We need every individual, every leader, every servant, every institution in this city to be involved in addressing this issue of violence in our community. This is the number one issue in our community.”
15. The news conference ends
STORYLINE:
A shooting at a block party in Detroit left two people dead and more than a dozen wounded, capping a violent holiday weekend in the United States.
Detroit police Chief James White said Monday during a news conference that two people were killed and 19 were wounded early Sunday in a shooting at an illegal block party on the city's east side that was attended by more than 300 people.
“You've got a multitude of people that are engaged in this behavior,” White told reporters at DPD headquarters. “This isn't one suspect, one group being targeted. This is a group of people who are essentially engaged in a shootout.”
Asked if Detroit has ever seen so many people injured in a single shooting, White said he wasn’t sure.
White announced Detroit's new block party strategy, which includes the establishment of a response team that will specialize in making sure residents comply with the rules governing block parties. Police must now treat 911 calls about illegal block parties as “Priority 1” runs.
Mayor Mike Duggan said shootings occurred at six illegal block parties in Detroit over three days starting July 4, leaving 27 people wounded and three dead. He said nearly 40% of the shooting victims lived outside Detroit.
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