Current:Home > NewsMan charged with murder in fatal shooting of Detroit-area police officer, prosecutor says-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of Detroit-area police officer, prosecutor says
View Date:2024-12-23 20:13:41
MELVINDALE, Mich. (AP) — A 44-year-old man has been charged with murder in the death of a Detroit-area police officer who was shot while responding to a call about a suspicious person near a car wash.
Michael Lopez was expected to be arraigned Thursday, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said in a release.
Lopez faces other charges that include being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and drug possession. Court records did not list an attorney Thursday for Lopez.
Officer Mohamed Said was shot Sunda y afternoon in Melvindale, southwest of Detroit.
Lopez allegedly ran after a traffic stop by Said, according to the prosecutor’s office. Said was shot while chasing Lopez who was arrested Monday evening in Southwest Detroit.
Michigan Department of Corrections records show that Lopez was paroled on June 22. He previously served 12 years for carjacking and assaulting an officer in 2011.
Said, 23, had been a Melvindale officer for only 14 months. He was the third Michigan police officer killed in the line of duty in less than a month.
“Policing is one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet,” Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement. “The alleged facts in this case will show that this defendant callously gunned down and killed 23-year-old Officer Mohamed Said, who was just doing his job and had just begun his career in law enforcement. Tragic does not even begin to describe that happened here.”
veryGood! (51549)
Related
- Investigators believe Wisconsin kayaker faked his own death before fleeing to eastern Europe
- Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi’s demand for obedience
- Candidates spar over key tax issue in final gubernatorial debate before Kentucky election
- A warmer than usual summer blamed for hungry, hungry javelinas ripping through Arizona golf course
- Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies
- In the time travel series 'Bodies,' one crime happens four times
- Dwayne Johnson's Wax Figure Gets an Update After Museum's Honest Mistake
- Candidates spar over key tax issue in final gubernatorial debate before Kentucky election
- Horoscopes Today, November 9, 2024
- After off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot is accused of crash attempt, an air safety expert weighs in on how airlines screen their pilots
Ranking
- Kid Rock tells fellow Trump supporters 'most of our left-leaning friends are good people'
- Daemen University unveils second US ‘Peace & Love’ sculpture without Ringo Starr present
- Can the Latest $10 million in EPA Grants Make a Difference in Achieving Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals?
- Man killed himself after Georgia officers tried to question him about 4 jail escapees, sheriff says
- Wendi McLendon-Covey talks NBC sitcom 'St. Denis Medical' and hospital humor
- Vietnam’s Vinfast committed to selling EVs to US despite challenges, intense competition
- North Carolina woman charged in death of assisted living resident pushed to floor, police say
- Colorado judge chides company that tried to pay $23,500 settlement in coins weighing 3 tons
Recommendation
-
Why Josh O'Connor Calls Sex Scenes Least Sexy Thing After Challengers With Zendaya and Mike Faist
-
Far-right candidate loses Tennessee mayoral election as incumbent decries hate and divisiveness
-
12-year-old student behind spate of fake school bomb threats in Maryland, police say
-
Beer belly wrestling, ‘evading arrest’ obstacle course on tap for inaugural Florida Man Games
-
‘I got my life back.’ Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program
-
The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza
-
Six-week abortion ban will remain in Georgia for now, state Supreme Court determines
-
NASA's Dragonfly preparing to fly through atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan