DETROIT (Gray News) – A Detroit police officer was killed in a hit-and-run crash while on the way home after completing his shift.
Interim Detroit police chief Todd Bettison said the crash happened just after midnight on Jan 5.
Witnesses told police that a white van was attempting to make a left turn in front of Officer Cameron Richardson’s Jeep, when they struck his vehicle and caused it to rollover, WDIV reported.
Officer Richardson was pronounced dead at the scene.
The white van left the crash scene, but was found a “short distance” away.
Police have executed two search warrants in connection to the investigation and taken two people who were inside the van at the time of the crash into custody.
Police said the suspect who was believed to have been driving the white van was identified as a 28-year-old man.
Officer Cameron Richardson was with the police department for 1 year.
He leaves behind his two daughters.
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