Arrests made in domestic-related homicide

Update: Hamtramck police have released the name of the person charged with the stabbing death of a man last Monday evening.
Lateshia Young, 26, of Hamtramck, was arraigned on charges of homicide-open murder, assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.
Her bond was set at $1 million. Young faces life in prison if convicted of the charges.
A second suspect who was initially arrested in connection to the murder was released from custody pending further investigation.
Updated March 6, 2020

Lateshia Young

By Charles Sercombe
Hamtramck’s first homicide of the year happened Monday (March 2) evening.
A woman in the Col. Hamtramck Housing projects in the 12000 block of Selfridge St. was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a man, and the wounding of another man.
The wounded man was also later arrested in connection with the “investigation,” according to a press release issued by the police department.
His wounds were described as “non-life threatening.”
Police declined to provide information on the nature of the relationships between those involved, nor were their identities released.
But those who know of the incident told The Review that the woman and men were outside of her apartment when an argument broke out at about 6 p.m.
Sources said the woman began swinging a kitchen knife, and may have accidentally stabbed her brother in the neck, resulting in him bleeding to death.
No other details were available at the time The Review went to press on Thursday.
The housing project was built back in the 1940s.
Hamtramck police had been providing extra patrols for the projects until a few years ago, when federal funding ran out.
Hamtramck experiences anywhere from one to three homicides per year. None had happened in the housing projects for a number of years prior to this one.
March 6, 2020