Federal authorities say the man shot by Detroit police after fleeing officers last week is suspected in a violent two-day shooting spree across the city. Terrance Markyce Davis, 33, is accused of being involved in eight separate shootings between Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reviewed shell casings, surveillance footage, license plate reader data, and ShotSpotter alerts to link Davis to the series of incidents. At seven of the scenes, 9mm casings were recovered and later entered into the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, where experts determined they matched each other. In the eighth shooting, authorities found no casings, but the description of the vehicle involved matched the Ford Edge Davis was known to drive.
According to federal officials, Davis allegedly fired into three occupied homes and seriously injured one person. He is also suspected of shooting into two occupied vehicles, while the remaining scenes were shots-fired calls with no known victims.
The criminal complaint focuses most heavily on a shooting near W. Seven Mile Road and Oakfield Avenue on Nov. 5. ShotSpotter detected three rounds in the area at 10:14 p.m., and officers recovered two spent 9mm casings. Surveillance video from nearby businesses captured a dark Ford Edge traveling through the area, with a man believed to be Davis entering and leaving a restaurant shortly before the shooting took place. Investigators say muzzle flashes can be seen coming from the driver’s side of the vehicle as it moved down Oakfield.
Additional footage inside the restaurant was compared to Davis’ driver’s license photo, which investigators say confirmed he was the man driving the vehicle. Greenlight cameras later tracked the same Ford Edge entering the Lodge Freeway from Seven Mile, exiting at Wyoming, and heading southbound.
On Nov. 13, investigators obtained a federal warrant for Davis’ phone. Real-time and historical location data placed the device at each relevant point in the timeline surrounding the Nov. 5 shooting, matching the vehicle movements seen on surveillance video.
After determining the ammunition recovered in the Nov. 5 shooting was manufactured outside Michigan, federal prosecutors filed a charge of felon in possession of ammunition. Additional charges related to the other seven shootings remain possible as the investigation continues.
MDOC records confirm Davis is currently serving active felony probation that began on Jan. 8, 2024 and runs through Jan. 8, 2027. The two active cases stem from offenses that occurred on Jan. 26, 2023, where he pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm, each resulting in a three-year probation term. His history also includes earlier felony convictions for receiving and concealing stolen property in 2016 and 2018, both out of Wayne County, with those sentences discharged in 2019 and 2020. MDOC lists his current supervision assignment as Detroit Greenfield Probation.
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