DETROIT (WXYZ) — A Detroit police sergeant has been suspended with pay in connection to the fatal shooting of Officer Rasheen McClain.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig said the tenured supervisor was called to the scene on Nov. 20 on Detroit's west side. It's unclear at what time the supervisor was called, but the chief tells 7 Action News that the sergeant did not respond immediately to the scene although he was in the area at the time.
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"Cpl. McClain did request a supervisor," Craig said at a vigil held Monday for the slain officer at the department's 12th Precinct. "A supervisor was assigned. As we did our investigation we determined allegedly he did not go to the scene when this shooting incident happened..We are aware and saw video that supports he did not go to the scene. A grave concern for me and my team, so much so that we opened an investigation and he is currently suspended."
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The suspension is pending an investigation. The name of the sergeant is not being released at this time.
No further details have been released regarding the suspension.
McClain and his partner, Phillippe Batoum-Bisse, were responding to a call the evening of Nov. 20 when a suspect fired shots, injuring Batoum-Bisse and killing McClain. The suspect in this murder is also connected to at least three other shootings in the previous two weeks, police say.
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