Detroit Evening Report: Detroit celebrates a historic drop in violent crime
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Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison and Mayor Mike Duggan shake hands at the 2024 Crime Stats Press Conference on Jan. 3, 2025.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s office released a report today stating that Detroit saw a historic drop in violent crime in 2024.
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Detroit ended last year with 204 criminal homicides, a 19 percent drop from 2023 and its fewest homicides since 1965. Preliminary numbers show that Detroit ended the year with 606 non-fatal shootings, which is a 25 percent drop from the previous year and 48 percent drop from 2022.
The city is attributing these drops to city, county, state, federal and community partners. Special attention is being focused on the community violence intervention initiative ShotStoppers, and their work in the community.
The six ShotStopper groups are New Era, Detroit 300, Force Detroit, Wayne Metro/Denby Alliance/Camp Restore, Detroit’s People’s Community and Detroit Friends & Family. Together, these community violence intervention groups beat the citywide average of 35 percent of violent crime reduction.
To read more of this report, visit detroitmi.gov.
Other headlines for Friday, Jan. 3, 2025:
This Sunday, Jarod Goff and the Detroit Lions go against Sam Darnold and the Minnesota Vikings. The winner of this game will clinch the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the conference playoffs, meaning they will get a bye week and home field advantage throughout the playoffs — as long as they aren’t eliminated, of course. The loser will be the best team in NFL history by winning percentage to have failed to win a division title. So, in short, a lot is on the line with Sunday night’s prime time matchup. The game will take place at 8:20 p.m. at Ford Field.
Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills is moving to a new location, and this weekend is your last chance to visit the arcade and museum in its original home. They will be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is also free! Marvin’s has vintage coin-operated machines and nostalgia-inducing games, as well as the newest video games available too. They are moving because their original shopping center was purchased by a developer and is being demolished and redeveloped. They’ll be moving to Orchard Mall in West Bloomfield and the owner says the new location will be three times larger than the previous location. After this weekend, they plan to reopen in the late spring. For updates, visit their Facebook page.
Next weekend, comedic rock star Kevin Hart is coming to the Motor City on for a three-day, back-to-back weekend affair. The Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian will be at the Fox Theatre on Jan. 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. for his “Acting My Age” tour. This is Hart’s ninth tour and although he has sold out arenas before, he is looking to create more of an intimate environment for this comedy hour. For tickets, visit ticketmaster.com.
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