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CBS News
27-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Three charged in deadly shooting of 18-year-old in Clawson
Three people have been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Clawson last week. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on May 22 at a residence in the area of 14 Mile Road and Renshaw Avenue. When police arrived at the home, they found an 18-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Authorities have not identified the victim. Tylaj Clark-Spencer, 21, of Howell, is charged with manslaughter, receiving and concealing a stolen firearm and two counts of felony firearms. Joshua Peel, 20, of Royal Oak, and a 17-year-old, are both charged with accessory after the fact/manslaughter. Oakland County prosecutors say Clark-Spencer, Peel, the victim and another person were leaving a Clawson apartment to go to a party when Clark-Spencer checked a gun he was allegedly carrying to see if it was loaded. The gun then went off, striking and killing the victim. Prosecutors allege that the 17-year-old hid the gun and other evidence for Clark-Spencer after he left the scene with Peel. Authorities believe the gun was stolen from a safe that belongs to the 17-year-old's father. "The shooter should never have had that gun, and he and those who assisted him after the shooting will be held accountable for this tragedy," said Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald in a statement. "Gun violence is preventable. This case is a terrible reminder of how quickly a situation can turn deadly when the wrong person gets a gun."
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
3rd suspect in Clawson shooting in police custody
A third suspect in a May 22 shooting in Clawson is in police custody, police said. Police posted an update at 9:20 p.m. Friday, May 23 that 21-year-old Talaj Arean Clark-Spencer was in police custody. Earlier that day, police had searched for Clark-Spencer at a home on Butternut Avenue in Royal Oak, but he was not found. The investigation surrounds the death of a man who was found shot at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at a Clawson home near 14 Mile and Renshaw Avenue. Prior to finding Clark-Spencer, police had two other suspects in custody. Clark-Spencer was still in police custody as the morning of Saturday, May 24. Clawson Police Detective Sgt. Jody Horne said Saturday, May 24 police are not releasing information about the victim or details about where Clark-Spencer was found. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Talaj Arean Clark-Spencer in police custody after Clawson shooting
CBS News
23-05-2025
- CBS News
Clawson police searching for person of interest in fatal shooting
Clawson police are searching for a third person of interest after a man was fatally shot at a residence last Thursday night. Police say the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Thursday at a residence in the area of 14 Mile Road and Renshaw Avenue. When officers arrived at the home, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The victim has not been identified. Talaj Clark-Spencer Clawson Police Department Officials say two people are in custody and police are looking for a third person, 21-year-old Talaj Clark-Spencer.
Vancouver Sun
12-05-2025
- Health
- Vancouver Sun
U.S. firm that made B.C. Ambulance's 911 dispatch system told how to fix it
An American doctor who created the computer software used by ambulance dispatchers in B.C. was peppered with questions about how to improve the widely used system at a coroner's inquest on Monday. The five-person jury, which has entered its third week of hearing evidence about the 2024 fentanyl-poisoning death of a University of Victoria student, made several suggestions for change to Dr. Jeff Clawson. He is the founder of the Priority Dispatch system, which is used in most ambulance 911 calls in Canada, including all in B.C. Why, one juror asked, didn't the call-taker follow up on her suspicions and just directly ask the student who phoned 911 if the two unconscious patients had taken drugs, rather than follow the system's rigid rules about not asking leading questions? Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. 'We're definitely looking at it. It makes sense if it can be done right,' Clawson said. Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, and a friend collapsed in a UVic dorm, but the student who phoned 911 didn't reveal the three of them had taken drugs. She described her friends as turning blue and 'seizing,' which led the call-taker into the seizure protocol on her computer system — and therefore delayed the urgent life-saving response required to reverse an overdose. The inquest has heard the call-taker suspected the students could have overdosed, but was prohibited by the Priority Dispatch system from asking 'leading questions' such as one about drugs. Instead, Clawson testified, the call-taker asked several clarifying questions to try to get to the root of what happened. But the juror noted they all sounded the same — what happened before this? Was anyone else with them? What's going on now? — and didn't result in new information being provided in an urgent way. 'Instead of asking all of those multiple times, one of those (questions) could have been: 'Were there drugs involved?'' the juror put to Clawson. When the seizure protocol was chosen for this case, a box popped up warning the call-taker it was an unusual medical complaint for two patients. That required her to confirm she wasn't mistaken about this choice. Wouldn't that be a good place to ask the call-taker for more follow-up questions, since the inquest has heard it is highly unusual for two people to have seizures at the same time? Clawson said that change is under discussion, but said none of the 3,000 jurisdictions worldwide that pay to use his software have submitted this exact proposal for change. 'Maybe you can be the one that does,' Clawson told the juror. 'That (proposal) does make some sense, and that's actually on my list of things here that we want to look at based on learning from every event as much as possible.' Call-takers are typically not medically trained, so rely on the Priority Dispatch system to guide them through 911 calls by entering information provided by witnesses and then getting next-step questions and medical advice from the algorithm. A juror asked Clawson what potential changes could be made to the system in light of Sidney's preventable death, which happened nearly 16 months ago. He said possible changes that have been mentioned include improving the 'usability' of the breathing tool that call-takers rely on to get witnesses to test whether a patient is breathing. The inquest has heard that witnesses are unable to complete this test in nearly a third of cases. In Sidney's case, it took three people — including two security guards with first aid training — before it was completed, a full five minutes after the call-taker first asked for someone to do it. Other areas Clawson said could be changed include how to better identify when someone is having a seizure, and how to better handle calls with more than one patient. In Sidney's case, it was never clear on the 911 call which patient the witnesses were talking about when they reported medical information, so the call-taker did not realize that one student was still 'seizing' while Sidney was largely lying motionless. The seizure protocol guided the call-taker to ask a serious of questions that seemed bizarre when there were two patients: are they both pregnant or do they both have brain tumours? One juror asked if the software could be changed so that in a multiple patient situation, the questions would make more sense, such as probing about a poisoning, noxious gas or overdose? More to come … For more health news and content around diseases, conditions, wellness, healthy living, drugs, treatments and more, head to – a member of the Postmedia Network.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Metro Detroit election results for May 6, 2025
Results for races and ballot proposals in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties for the May 6, 2025 election. Wyandotte mayor One position. Four-year term. Wyandotte city council Six positions. Four-year term. Redford Union School District building and site bond proposal For ballot language, see Wayne County clerk's website. Southgate Community School District bonding proposal For ballot language, see Wayne County clerk's website. Southgate Community School District operating millage renewal proposal For ballot language, see Wayne County clerk's website. Southgate Community School District operating millage proposal For ballot language, see Wayne County clerk's website. Clawson charter amendment No. 1 For ballot language, see Oakland County clerk's website. Clawson charter amendment No. 2 For ballot language, see Oakland County clerk's website. Ferndale Millage restoration proposal For ballot language, see Oakland County clerk's website. Ferndale Public Schools school improvement bond proposition For ballot language, see Oakland County clerk's website. The Lamphere Schools school improvement bond proposition For ballot language, see Oakland County clerk's website. Mount Clemens Community Schools building and site bond proposal For ballot language, see Macomb County clerk's website. Results will be updated as they are posted to the county websites. Refresh the page for updated results. Races that are not competitive - where there are fewer candidates than positions - will not be included. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Metro Detroit election results for May 6, 2025
