On May 27, 2024, a fatal domestic shooting occurred at a home in the 11100 block of Beaconsfield Street on Detroit’s east side. Sixteen-year-old John Howard Thompkins, a Black male, was found with a gunshot wound to the head and later died. Officers were dispatched around 4:05 p.m. after reports of a shooting and were told by two women outside that someone inside had been shot.

Police entered the residence and encountered an armed 35-year-old male experiencing a severe mental health crisis. Investigators identified him as Kenneth Thompkins, the victim’s uncle; evidence indicated he had fatally shot John before officers arrived. An exchange of gunfire between officers and the armed suspect followed, and Kenneth Thompkins was struck by police and pronounced dead at the scene. A woman at the home was also injured but survived.

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