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Young woman, one-month-old baby shot on Detroit's west side

Posted at 11:09 PM, Dec 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-12-04 17:39:23-05

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Police are investigating a shooting at a home on Detroit's west side that injured a woman and a baby.

Officers say the woman answered a knock at the door at around 7:10 p.m. in the 16800 block of Freeland. When she opened the door, the masked suspect opened fire hitting her in the body.

At the time, the 23-year-old woman was holding a one-month-old baby girl who was grazed.

Police have not released the current conditions of either victim.

A third woman was in the house at the time and was not injured.

The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation.

Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to please call Detroit Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 313-596-5240 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK UP.