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Michael Artis

Case from Detroit, MI dated Sep 12, 2021

Victim Details

Michael Artis

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2021-09-12

56

Michael

Artis

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A 56-year-old male, Michael Artis, was the victim of a fatal shooting on September 12, 2021, during a robbery in Detroit, Michigan. The incident, which took place in the afternoon in the parking lot of a liquor store on West Chicago Boulevard, was captured on a Project Green Light surveillance camera. Artis had reportedly stopped at the store to buy charcoal for a family cookout.

While in the parking lot, Artis was engaged in a conversation with someone he knew when an unknown male approa ...
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  • WDIV: Thief steals chain off man’s neck, murders him in parking lot of Detroit market
  • Suspects sought in Sept. fatal shooting outside Detroit store
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    Has anyone else thought about the role of Project Green Light in Michael Artis' case? It's so unsett... ...Read More
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