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Slain Detroit police officer Loren Courts' funeral scheduled

By and Amber Ainsworth
Published  July 12, 2022 9:21am EDT
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FOX 2 Detroit

Funeral set for murdered Detroit police officer Loren Courts

Officer Loren Courts will be buried Monday after public viewings over the weekend. The Detroit police officer was killed while responding to a shots fired call.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit police officer Loren Courts will be laid to rest next week after weekend viewings.

Public viewings are scheduled from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and 3-9 p.m. Sunday at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.

A funeral for family and members of the Detroit Police Department will be held Monday morning before Courts is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Courts, 40, was killed while responding to a shots fired call July 6 in the area of Joy Road and Marlowe Street. When officers arrived, 19-year-old Ehmani Davis shot out of a window at a police cruiser, hitting Courts in the neck.

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After he was shot, his partner, Officer Amanda Hudgens, put pressure on his wounds. As Hudgens was tending to Courts, Davis came outside and walked toward her, Police Chief James White said. She continued to help Courts.

DPD Officer Loren Courts

DPD Officer Loren Courts

Other officers who arrived minutes later shot and killed Davis. Police Chief James White described what happened that night as an ambush of officers. 

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While the gunman is dead, another man is facing charges in connection with the crime. Sheldon Avery Thomas, 26, is accused of buying the gun used. Authorities said he admitted that he said he was buying the weapon for himself but was really getting it for Davis a month before the fatal shooting. 

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Courts' family.

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Last Wednesday they stopped at a barbecue at the 2nd Precinct, their last picture together was the two of them laughing. Then - a call of shots fired - a call she says, they had gone on a thousand times.