(TUSEN DETROIT) — Detroit police are cracking down on violence in the city, making 85 arrests and seizing $2.3 million worth of drugs in Operation Saniyah, named after an 11-year-old girl who was fatally shot while she was at her grandmother’s house.
On Monday, police said they also recovered 22 weapons, carried out 782 traffic stops, recovered three vehicles, seized another 44 cars and issued 1,297 tickets during the two-day operation on June 14-15.
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“After a two-day crackdown in the city of Detroit to combat violent crime, we were able to disrupt violent criminal behavior on the east and west sides of the city,” DPD said in a tweet.
Saniyah Pugh, 11, was fatally shot on June 4 by a stray bullet that went through the Detroit East Side home.
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Two people have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting.
William Dickerson, 21, was indicted on second-degree murder, manslaughter, discharging a weapon into an apartment building causing death and other charges.
A 17-year-old, whose name has not been released, has been charged with intentionally discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling or structure causing death, reckless, reckless or negligent use of a firearm causing death and criminal firearm.
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