ReportDetroit After-Hours Home Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 4 WoundedAired September 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM UTCWritten September 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:11Gunfire after a fight at a Detroit home killed three men and wounded four other0:15people.0:16Seven people were shot at an after-hours venue on a residential block.0:19Police had been called to the address seven times this year.0:22Who fired and what turned the fight into a shooting?0:25The four survivors were two men and two women.0:27They went to a hospital in private vehicles, with injuries reported as0:31non-life-threatening.0:32Officers found three men with fatal gunshot wounds.0:35Police reported no continuing threat to the public after the shooting.0:38The shooting happened early Sunday, September 27th, near Press Street and Eaton0:42Avenue on Detroit's west side.0:44The site has also been described as on press between Chalfante Street and Eaton0:48Avenue.0:48A gunfire detection alert came shortly before a call to police.0:52Accounts placed that call at either 7.21 or 7.22 a.m.0:56Eastern Time, officers were reported to have arrived about four minutes later.1:00The venue was inside a home on that residential block.1:02It was described as an after-hours adult entertainment spot with dancing and likened1:07to a strip club.1:08A club name, exact house number, and precise legal status have not been established.1:12One local account placed the three men's bodies in a vacant field beside the house,1:16but that specific location is not established across accounts.1:20Press Street was closed for hours.1:22A fight came before the gunfire.1:24That is the sequence police have established.1:26Not a finding about what started the fight or who fired.1:29Community violence intervention workers raised the possibility of a dispute over a1:33cell phone.1:34A city safety official qualified that account with the words, if I'm hearing1:38correctly, if it's all over a cell phone.1:40The cell phone explanation is not yet confirmed by police.1:43One neighbor described noise and conflict at the house before Sunday.1:46He said he heard threats and then roughly 12 shots.1:49Those are his observations, not a verified shot count or an identification of1:53whoever made the threats.1:54Community accounts also describe tensions building over days.1:57Investigators have not tied those accounts to a confirmed motive.2:00Police were already investigating the address, though the subject and outcome of2:03that investigation have not been specified.2:05The earlier calls do not establish that officers knew this particular fight would2:09happen or that those calls caused the shooting.2:11Mayor Mary Sheffield called the killings tragic.2:14and pledged a crackdown on illegal after hours operations in homes or businesses.2:19The city's neighborhood safety office discussed support for people affected.2:23No completed enforcement action at this address has been established, and its2:27precise legal status remains unclear.2:29Police Chief Todd Bedison made clear that nothing happening at the location2:33justified killing or wounding anyone.2:35Relatives identified one of the dead men as 45-year-old Ansley Harris, Jr.2:40That is a family identification, not an official release of the victims' names.2:44The other two men killed have not been named in the available reporting.2:48Early descriptions ranged from men approximately 30 and older to men in their 30s.2:5245 fits the first description, not the second.2:55Police have not issued an age list that resolves the difference.2:58An official also raised the possibility that some people involved were related, but3:03no relationship has been confirmed.3:05As of early Monday, September 28th, no arrest or suspect identity had been publicly3:09announced.3:10Police had leads and were seeking information through Detroit police or Crime3:13Stoppers at 1-800 SpeakUp.3:16The answer to who fired and why remains unknown, alongside the official identities3:20of the three men killed and what, if anything, followed the earlier investigation of3:24the address.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗