homicide

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton has charged a Flint man with double homicide related to the weekend deaths of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter. Michael Douglas Poole, 44, is charged with two counts of premeditated first degree murder for the killing of his ex-girlfriend Yolanda Renee Hill and her daughter, Cherish A...

Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown and Police Chief Alvern Lock will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to address the recent rash of homicides and public safety. There have been seven homicides in the past week which includes the deaths of two mothers and their children...

Flint Police are searching for suspects in connection with a homicide that happened on Monday in the City of Flint. According to WNEM, the incident happened around noon on Monday near East Austin Avenue and Martin Luther King Avenue. Police say 23-year-old Demitrius Edwards was taken to the hospital where he died...

The City of Flint matched its homicide total from two years ago when a man was found dead inside a car on Sunday evening. According to MLive, the man was found around 5:30 p.m. at Myrtle and Milbourne avenues. Few details about the homicide have been released...

Flint Police are investigating a homicide from early Sunday morning. According to WNEM, it happened around 2:30 a.m. at the Finishline Touch Free Auto, a car wash off Robert T. Longway Boulevard. No details have been released about the victim or how the homicide occurred...

Flint Police are investigating the discovery of a woman's body on Sunday night. According to WNEM, authorities were called to a scene on the city's north side near the intersection of Gracelawn and Martin Luther King around 9:30 p.m. Authorities confirmed a woman's body had been found but no other details have been given...

Murder has dropped off the list of top 15 causes of death in the United States, for the first time in almost 50 years.

While Flint's homicide rises other metropolitan areas are on the down swing, reports mlive.com: