Man Fires into Crowd at Black Lives Matter Rally in Detroit

Shots were fired into the crowd at a large rally Saturday that filled Frank’s car wash parking lot on Livernois at Puritan on Detroit’s west side.

“There were 75 to 100 people out conducting or participating in a peaceful rally,” said Investigator Everett Barge of the Detroit Police. “Their initiative was pushing Detroit forward and Black Lives Matter.”

Suddenly a guy pulled Cartier glasses off of Meko Park’s face.

“A guy running down the sidewalk snatched my glasses as he ran . . . so we (started) to pursue him and he pulled out a heater and started shooting,” Parks said.

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Zaquan Alston lost a shoe but actually caught the shooter. Alston said he believed the guy was out of bullets.

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The crowd held the gunman in an alley two blocks away on Stoepel until police arrived and arrest the accused thief.

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