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Man shot, killed outside apartment building in Ypsilanti

Posted at 5:08 AM, Jun 08, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-08 07:51:00-04

7:49 a.m.

Police have identified the victim as 28-year-old Dominique Deshawn Lee. 

According to police, Lee left the parking area of the apartment complex in his Chevy Trax before crashing into a porch in the courtyard. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call police. 

5:38 a.m.

Police say the victim has died from his injuries. 

5:08 a.m.

Ypsilanti police are investigating a shooting that happened outside of an apartment building on Michigan Avenue.

Sources tell 7 Action News that officers were called to the scene around 2:40 a.m. on reports of a car nearly striking an apartment building. When they arrived, they reportedly found a man sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head. 

The victim was transported to a local hospital, but sources say he is in very bad shape. 

An investigation is underway.