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Published on August 03, 2024
Detroit Man Charged with First-Degree Murder in Fatal Stabbing at West Side Gas StationSource: Detroit Police Department

A 20-year-old Detroit man has been charged with first-degree murder for a fatal stabbing incident that occurred at a gas station on the city's west side. Kejuan David Deshaun Hedwood is accused of stabbing 32-year-old Gregory Gibson following a verbal altercation that reportedly escalated into violence on July 16, WWJ News Radio reports.

Officers were dispatched to the gas station located in the 17800 block of McNichols Road, around the Southfield Freeway, at approximately 3:43 p.m., where they discovered Gibson with a stab wound to the upper chest, he later succumbed to his injuries after being rushed by medics to a local hospital, as stated by Detroit Police through, per WWJ News Radio.

Hedwood, who fled the scene after the stabbing occurred, was subsequently apprehended by law enforcement on Tuesday and was arraigned, receiving a $1,000,000 cash/surety bond. This entails that he will be required to wear a GPS tether should the bond be posted, according to a release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office covered by FOX 2 Detroit.