Watch Live: Southfield police provide update on deadly hotel shooting
Southfield Chief of Police Elvin Barren and Oakland County Prosecutor Justin Davis are providing an update Wednesday morning on a deadly shooting at a Southfield hotel in February 2024.
Barren and Davis will address concerns about the case, provide a status update on the investigation, and detail what is required to move the case forward.
CBS News Detroit is streaming live coverage at 10:30 a.m.
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The shooting took place on Feb. 11, 2024, at the Westin Hotel at 1500 Town Center. Fifteen-year-old Tyler Johnson, a student at Loyola High School in Detroit, was in a hotel room with two other juveniles when he was shot. Johnson was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died from his injuries.
Police say the teens were in the hotel room unsupervised after an adult rented the room.
Investigators found two guns in the waistband of one of the other teens. He was found with a stolen Glock that had an extended magazine and a laser light. The gun was reported stolen out of Flint in June 2022.
Anyone with information is asked to call Southfield police at 248-796-5500. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP to remain anonymous.
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