iOS app Android app More  Detroit Police Shoot 72-Year-Old Man
Allegedly Carrying A Knife  Posted: Updated: 05/15/2012 12:35 pm
Detroit Police Shoot 72yearold Man File Photo. Detroit Police
shot an elderly man Monday night after responding to a call
about a wrongly parked car.  Detroit Police officers shot an
elderly man three times Monday night on Detroit's west side,
after he charged at them with a knife, they allege.  Officers
were responding to a call on the 8600 block of Ohio involving a
car parked in the wrong driveway. The vehicle belonged to the
next-door neighbor.  When officers knocked on the front door of
the neighboring house, they say an older white male charged at
them with a knife. Police say they ordered the man to drop the
weapon, but he continued to approach them. They then fired
shots, injuring him. He was taken to Henry Ford Hospital where
he is listed in temporary serious condition.  Police have not
released the man's name. They said he was in his 70s, and WXYZ
reports he is 72 years old