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Shooting leaves man dead on Flint's north side
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A shooting on Flint's north side on Thursday left a man dead. The Flint Police Department says an adult male victim died of gunshot wounds in the intersection of York and Industrial avenues. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Investigators did not release any information...
Video shows suspect run down, kill man outside Flint gas station
FLINT, MI – Prosecutors this week released a video showing a person they say is a 36-year-old Flint woman running down a man with her SUV outside a Speedway gas station on Dort Highway. The video, which showed the woman try and fail several times to hit the man...
Police say a child suffered a fatal gunshot wound in Flint
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A child in Flint suffered a deadly gunshot wound early Wednesday morning. Michigan State Police responded to the 700 block of East Philadelphia Avenue at around 2:45 a.m. for a shooting. According to MSP, a preliminary investigation indicates a child sustained a fatal gunshot wound inside...
16-year-old girl critically injured after being shot in the face
FLINT, MI – A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition at a local hospital after being shot in the face Sunday afternoon. The man authorities believe shot her, 18-year-old Jakai Braxton Williams, has been charged with four counts of assault with intent to murder, four counts of felony firearm and a single count of carrying a concealed weapon.
MSP: One suspect injured in officer-involved shooting
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - Michigan State Police (MSP) said one person was injured after an officer-involved shooting in Flint on Tuesday, May 14. According to MSP, at about 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, troopers stopped a black passenger car for vehicle violations near Saginaw Street and Addison Street. Two of the...
Prosecutor: Woman charged with murder after hitting, killing man with SUV
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) – A 36-year-old woman is being charged with first-degree murder for running over and killing a man with her SUV, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. Leyton announced the charge on Tuesday, May 14. A manager at the Speedway gas station at 509 S. Dort...
Roommate meeting led to Flint man’s slaying, police say
FLINT, MI – Two people are charged with felony murder after authorities say they killed their roommate because he wanted to have a meeting with them about rules and because they believed he was drugging them. Police said Jacob Wayne Blain, 19, and Willow Jayde Reynolds, 18, on May...
Traffic stop leads to criminal investigation in Flint
Michigan State Police troopers stopped a car for violations near Saginaw St and Addison road around 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Two people from the car ran from the traffic stop into a wooded area where gunfire was exchanged between the people in the car and troopers. One person was shot...
Flint woman sentenced for a her role in a fraud scheme
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WJRT) - A Flint woman was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that targeted senior citizens. The Department of Justice says that 28-year-old McKhaela Katelynn McNamara from Flint was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison, three years of probation and pay $693.073 in restitution to the victims.
Fire crews investigate apartment fire, rescues resident
FLINT TWP., Mich. (WNEM) - Several fire departments are investigating an apartment fire in Flint Township on Friday, May 17. The fire was called in around 3 a.m. at Clovertree Apartments and TownHomes. Flint Township Fire Chief Brett Beckley said crews are working to put out hot spots and there’s...
Woman rescued from Flint Township apartment fire with ladder truck
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - One person was injured and a woman was plucked from her balcony after a building at Clovertree Apartments caught fire in Flint Township early Friday. The fire was reported around 3 a.m. in the 3300 block of Clovertree Lane, which runs off Court Street a...
Vehicle crashes into Vienna Township Hall
VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - Authorities are investigating a crash where a vehicle drove into the Vienna Township Hall in Clio. The crash was reported around 7 p.m. Tuesday at the township offices at 3400 W. Vienna Road. The Clio Area Fire Department used hydraulic rescue tools to cut the...
Argument at Flint home led to retaliatory gas station shootings, police say
FLINT, MI – An argument between a group of people at house in Flint led to a pair of shootings that left several people injured and one dead in late March, according to police records. Genesee County prosecutors in April charged Travor Smith-English, 32, and Markeeas Desmond Cross, 29,...
Small Indiana plane had hard landing at Chesaning airport
CHESANING, MI — An out-of-state plane had a hard landing at a Chesaning airport over the weekend. At 2:13 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, police and firefighters responded to a call of a small plane crash at the Howard Nixon Memorial Airport, 205 S. Fourth St. They arrived to find a 2022 single-engine Cirrus SR22 had run off the western end of the runway while trying to land, said Chesaning-Brady Fire Chief Scott Fall.
Flint Township homicide suspect pleads no contest, faces minimum 27-year prison sentence
FLINT, MI – The suspect in a Flint Township homicide from April 2023 will likely serve at more than two decades in prison after pleading no contest in Genesee County Circuit Court this week. Nicholas Lowell Hetzer, 37, pleaded no contest on Monday, May 13, to charges of second-degree...
Crime Unveiled with Courtney Bennett Ep. 2: Search for Suspect in Nicholas Giem case
On this Digital Desk of Crime Unveiled with Courtney Bennett, we highlight an unsolved hit and run case. The Genesee County Sheriff's Office along with Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County are hoping to find who hit 35-year-old Nicholas Giem on April 12, 2023 in the area of North Saginaw in Vienna Township. Giem later died from his injuries.
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