Saginaw man shot on city’s East Side over weekend

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SAGINAW, MI — A Saginaw man was hospitalized over the weekend for a gunshot wound.

About 12:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, a 36-year-old man went to a local hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg, said Michigan State Police Lt. Kimberly Vetter. The man said he was shot while seated in his vehicle, but would not give additional details to police, such as where the shooting occurred or who shot him, Vetter said.

Investigators came to believe the shooting transpired in front of the man’s house in the 1300 block of Dillon Street on the city’s East Side.

The incident is at least the city’s 23rd nonfatal shooting so far this year. In 2021, Saginaw had 93 nonfatal shootings.

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