8 teens shot in week in Detroit

Ex-officer says lack of jobs contributes to the violence

Detroit — The city has averaged more than one teenage shooting victim per day during the past week.

Among the victims: a 17-year-old girl who was found lying on the ground in daylight suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, two 16-year-old boys wounded in separate robberies; and an 18-year-old who was robbed and shot after he got off a city bus.

There were at least eight youths — age 18 or younger — shot between 6 a.m. Oct. 25 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Detroit Police's 24-hour Major Crime Summary reports. None died.

By George Hunter and Holly Fournier
From The Detroit News:

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