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DETROIT — Detroit police say they shot a man Wednesday afternoon after that man came at a firefighter with a knife.
The 61-year-old man has been hospitalized.
Police say a relative of the man contacted them when they could not reach him. Detroit police went to his home on Euclid Street for a welfare check. Officers say relatives told them the man had a previous history of mental illness and he was known to have weapons. The man would not open the door of the upstairs apartment for police. Firefighters were called in to break down the the door of his home.
Full story: Detroit police shoot knife-wielding man in effort to protect a firefighter