Sergeant Michael J. Bossuyt, 34, of the Detroit Police Department was killed on March 8, 1983, after intervening in a theft at an arcade at East Forest Avenue and Gratiot Avenue. A 12-year department veteran and married father of a son and a daughter, Bossuyt stopped two people who were stealing a video game console. During the confrontation the suspects overpowered him and took control of his .357 service weapon, then shot him in the head. The assailants fled and discarded the officer’s handgun; it was later recovered in Lake St. Clair.

An investigation led to the arrest of a suspect who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing. Sergeant Bossuyt was survived by his wife, son, daughter, father, and three sisters.