Detroit police fatally shoot a man who they say fired a gun at them

The shooting occurred at 7:10 p.m. by officers from the city’s 5th District near Chandler Park and Canyon, Deputy Police Chief Charles Fitzgerald said at a late-night news conference. He said small children were playing soccer in the area where the victim was observed by officers.

Officers were “under surveillance of an individual they knew from a previous drug deal,” Fitzgerald said. They entered his name into a police database and learned he had violated his probation, he said.

Officers approached the man, who was in his late 30s, when he “pulled a gun from his waistband and shot the officer,” Fitzgerald said. An officer returned fire, fatally striking the victim, he said. The officer believed he had been struck and was taken to a hospital where no injuries were reported.