Carjacking ends with cab driver dead, passenger in critical condition
Click to Watch Video
Click to Watch Video
Posted: 01/03/2013
DETROIT (WXYZ) - A cab driver is dead and his passenger in critical condition after a carjacking Thursday morning.
Police say Tyrone Hitchcock who worked for Metropolitan Cab Company was shot and killed around 4 a.m. on the 19000 block of Sutherland on Detroit's northwest side. The driver was a father and Detroiter.
The female passenger was shot and rushed to a local hospital where she remains in critical condition. Police say a the shooter was also a passenger in the cab, who became angry after an argument.
When the driver did not return from his shift at 5 a.m., co-workers sent out an alert. It was then the victim's cab was spotted by another driver at Mack and St. Antoine.
Police say they know who the carjacker is and are working to locate him.
STAY WITH WXYZ.COM AND 7 ACTION NEWS FOR UDPATES.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINTMore Detroit Headlines
-
Henry Ford & Beaumont merger off
The proposed merger of Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System is off.
-
Police searching for missing 20 y.o.
Police are searching for a missing 20-year-old who was last seen at Players Strip Club on 8 Mile and Schoenherr in Detroit.
-
COPS: Woman dead, 2 wounded in shooting
Police say a 55-year-old woman is dead and two men are wounded following a shooting at a vacant Detroit residence believed to have been used for drug activity.
