Three Killed And Four Injured At Detroit After Hours Club Police Had Been Called To Seven Times This Year

Three people were killed and four others were wounded Sunday morning when an argument erupted into gunfire at an after hours location in Detroit that police say was already well known to officers.

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said officers were called to the location on Prest Street on the city’s west side shortly after 7:20 a.m. Sunday. Police arrived within minutes and discovered three men suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. The men were pronounced dead at the scene. Four additional victims, two men and two women, were taken to area hospitals in private vehicles with injuries police said were not considered life threatening.

Investigators believe the violence began with some type of fight or altercation before gunfire broke out. Police have not publicly detailed exactly what sparked the confrontation, how many people fired weapons or whether everyone involved knew each other before the shooting. Authorities said they have developed leads and are working to identify those responsible. No arrests had been publicly announced Sunday afternoon.

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But one detail revealed by police is drawing additional attention to the location itself. Bettison said Detroit police had already received seven calls for service at the address since the beginning of 2026. He also confirmed that the department already had an investigation involving the address before Sunday’s deadly shooting.

Police described the property as an after hours location operating in a way similar to a strip club. The shooting happened on a largely residential street, adding to questions about what had been taking place at the property and why police had repeatedly been called there before the deadly incident. Bettison stopped short of providing extensive details about the prior investigation but made clear that the address was not unfamiliar to his department.

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield appeared alongside police officials following the shooting and said the city intends to continue targeting illegal after hours operations occurring in homes and businesses. Sheffield said officials would work to prevent those types of establishments from operating in Detroit neighborhoods. She also urged anyone who knows what happened Sunday morning to cooperate with investigators.

The seven people shot included five men and two women. Local reporting identified the three people killed as men in their 30s, while the surviving victims were described as adults in their 20s and 30s. Authorities had not publicly released the names of those killed as of Sunday afternoon.

Police said they do not believe the shooting represents an ongoing threat to people living in the surrounding neighborhood. Investigators instead believe the violence was connected to the confrontation that occurred at the after hours location. Bettison said police expect to identify the people responsible as detectives continue gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses.

The investigation remains active, and authorities are asking anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about the people involved to come forward. Information can be provided to Detroit police or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

The shooting now leaves investigators looking not only at the deadly confrontation itself, but also at activity surrounding a location where police had already been called seven times in less than nine months before three people were killed Sunday morning.