Detroit police crackdown on illegal concealed guns, 103 arrests last week
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
DETROIT – The Detroit Police Department is averaging 60-100 concealed weapons arrests a week – and that’s a message to the community, the chief said Monday.
Officers are focused on arresting individuals who are illegally carrying concealed firearms, Detroit Police Chief James Craig told reporters during a news conference Monday morning that touched on two shooting incidents over the weekend. Craig also blamed the COVID-19 pandemic and court leniency for increased gun violence in the city.
Last week, DPD arrested 103 people for illegal carry, and seized their weapons, he said.
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Police Chief James Craig, along with a fallen sergeants family and community activists, is asking Wayne County Circuit Court to reconsider the compassionate release of a suspect accused of murdering a 14-year police veteran during a domestic shooting.
Detroit Police Sergeant Elaine Williams was shot and killed in her Garden City home by suspect Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson on Jun. 2, 2019. Johnson was charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm in connection to Williams death, according to police. He is facing life in prison.
On April 1, Johnson was issued a $10,000 cash bond and released on a GPS tether, for medical reasons by Wayne Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Talon, Craig said. Johnson was then directed home following his medical treatment.