DETROIT (FOX 2) - A crowd is gathering Friday evening at the scene where a young man was shot and killed earlier Friday afternoon by Detroit police.
This is happening at West McNichols Road and San Juan Drive on the city's west side, just hours after a man who's been identified by witnesses as Hakeem Littleton was shot and killed by Detroit officers.
The police account of what happened is that Littleton got into a struggle with officers and, while being held down, grabbed a gun and shot at an officer over his shoulder. Chief Craig said multiple officers then returned fire. But witnesses say Littleton didn't have a gun and that video shows a different account of what happened.
FOX 2 is asking anyone who has that video of what happened to call us at 248-552-5103. Chief Craig has also called a press conference for 7:30 p.m. in which he plans to release a video that he says shows the shooting death.
Meanwhile, the activist group Detroit Will Breathe, which has been taking the lead in many protests in the city since they broke out nationwide after the death of George Floyd, called for followers to head to the area as soon as possible tonight in response to the shooting.
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FOX 2 has a crew at the scene, where police appeared to have deployed tear gas on the crowd around 5:30 p.m.
Protesters then began marching just before 6 p.m. and headed towards Detroit's 12th precinct at 7 Mile and Woodward, where they were eventually met by a line of police officers blocking their path on Seven Mile.
Just after 7 p.m. the police unblocked the path and allowed the march to move forward. Officers instead went and formed a line in front of the 12th precinct.
Detroit police then got on megaphones saying "This is the Detroit Police Department. We support your peaceful protest but do not engage our officers."
Sam Riddle from the National Action Network was seen in the protest crowd.
"This is not something that Hollywood Craig or Mayor Duggan can control right now and they're going to have to take into consideration how we handle public safety in Detroit, not policing," he told FOX 2.
You can watch a livestream from the scene here if you cannot see the video player above.
This is a developing story. Stay with FOX 2 for updates.
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