Men arrested after posting video pointing guns at Detroit police linked to nonfatal shooting

After pointing weapons at police from their car and sharing the footage on social media, two 19-year-olds are currently in arrest. In addition to discovering the video, Detroit police linked the men to a shooting that ended without a fatality the previous year.

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    Two men who filmed themselves pointing firearms at a Detroit police cruiser before posting it online have been arrested
    
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    Detroit police said the suspects were also linked to a nonfatal shooting in 2024
    
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    A third person was also arrested before being released. An assistant chief promised more information on that case
    

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  Two men who filmed themselves pointing firearms at a Detroit police cruiser before posting it online have been arrested
  
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  Detroit police said the suspects were also linked to a nonfatal shooting in 2024
  
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  A third person was also arrested before being released. An assistant chief promised more information on that case
  

We know:

DETROIT (FOX 2):Two guys who shared a video of themselves pointing guns at a cruiser while driving on social media have been taken into custody by Detroit police.

Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald described the event as “disturbing,” but said the Instagram video helped them identify both individuals and collect many firearms.

“You want to play stupid games, you win stupid prizes, but you brought us to you by posting this,” he stated on Tuesday.

The ages of the two suspects are 19.

Fitzgerald, who has over 30 years of departmental experience, attributed the arrest to the efforts of the DPD real-time crime center staff.

A video screen grab of a guy brandishing a gun at a Detroit Police vehicle

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In addition to resulting in an arrest, the social media post also caused a break in another case.

The two suspects in this case were also implicated in a nonfatal shooting in 2024, according to Charles Fitzgerald.

Clothes that both suspects were wearing at the time of the shooting were discovered by police on Tuesday when they carried out a search warrant at their residence.

Fitzgerald remarked, “We were working that a long time,” “Wasn’t until this video (that) we could connect the two.”

Although a third person was also arrested, they were eventually freed without being charged. Fitzgerald anticipates learning more about that case in the future.

• This narrative was based on information provided by Detroit police.

This narrative was based on information provided by Detroit police.