Two dead, 19 injured in shooting at Detroit block party, police say

At least two people were killed and 19 others injured when gunfire erupted early Sunday morning at a block party in Detroit, police said.

The shooting happened around 2:25 a.m. at a block party on the city’s east side, near Wish Egan Field in the Mohican Regent neighborhood, police said.

Michigan State Police confirmed to X that two people died and 19 others were injured in the shooting.

State police officials said they are assisting the Detroit Police Department in the investigation through its Joint Homicide Task Force.

No suspects were in custody as of Sunday afternoon, police said.

Details of the shooting, including motive, were not immediately released by authorities.

Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call Crime Stoppers or contact Detroit police detectives.

Sunday’s incident follows several recent shootings at neighborhood parties.

On June 15, an 18-year-old girl was killed and five other people were injured, including a 14-year-old girl, at a block party in Detroit’s east side.

On June 1, four people were shot, two critically, at a party outside a home in north Detroit. Eight guns and 93 shell casings were recovered from the crime scene. Two of the guns were found stolen, including one equipped with a Glock switch, a small device that turns Glock semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic weapons, police said.

A Detroit Police Department spokesperson said Sunday afternoon that Police Chief James White and Mayor Mike Duggan will hold a news conference Monday to update the community on the shooting.

“DPD will be implementing a new comprehensive strategy regarding block parties and will provide full details tomorrow at a briefing with the chief and mayor,” a police spokesman told ABC affiliate WXYZ in Detroit on Sunday.