(WXYZ) — Two separate officer-involved shootings were reported across metro Detroit on Thursday night, according to Michigan State Police.
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MSP is investigating the shootings in Ecorse and in Waterford Township.
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According to MSP, the first shooting happened in Ecorse around 8:15 p.m. on High St., just south of Outer Dr. and west of Jefferson.
Police say an Ecorse officer responded to a domestic assault involving a suspect with a box cutter. Arriving officers found a woman with apparent cut wounds and bleeding.
The suspect, a 37-year-old man, refused the police's commands to drop the weapon, and a taser was deployed, but was ineffective.
The suspect then allegedly charged at officers, and an officer opened fire, hitting the suspect. He was taken to the hospital and died from his injuries, MSP said.
The other officer-involved shooting took place in Waterford.
At around 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Waterford police received a request for assistance from Michigan State Police Troopers who had pursued a vehicle into Waterford Township.
The suspect turned into a Parkside Preserve Subdivision near Turrillium Lane and Williams Lake Road, crashing into a tree before coming to a stop in a marshy area.
Neighbors on Apopka Street said they were startled by sirens and then gunshots. Natalee Wilson, a new mom who lives on the street, said her Ring camera captured the police chase unfolding right outside her home.
"Yeah, it was very scary, we had no idea what was going on," Wilson said. "We heard the helicopters above first for probably about 15 - 20 minutes… Then we saw maybe 10 to 12 cop cars all lined up on Apopka... and then a few minutes later we hear on our camera — gunshots," Wilson said.
Wilson said she grabbed her baby and headed to the basement, where she and her son waited for several minutes.
"At this point, [we] closed all of our windows, locked our doors… and my husband told me to just take care of my baby.. which obviously is my number one concern," Wilson said.
Neighbor Bill Hazelton also heard the gunfire from a nearby subdivision.
"I was asleep... and a helicopter woke me up. It's not uncommon because helicopters go to the Pontiac Airport all the time. But then I heard it again and again and again, and I'm thinking there's something crazy going on. Then after five minutes or so, all of the sudden I hear pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop of the gunshots," Hazelton said.
Another neighbor captured the scene from her balcony, saying in a video: "Somebody just got shot. Three gunshots went off in the back of my neighborhood, and this thing has been circling around and around."
Officers approached the suspect's vehicle and ordered the suspect to show his hands. The suspect didn't comply and raised a handgun while seated in the vehicle.
"They over and over asked him to put the gun down. Over and over and over. They must have said it 10 times," a neighbor said.
Officers then fired on the suspect, killing him. The suspect was identified as a 60-year-old man from Madison Heights.
