Detroit police are asking for the public's help locating 35-year-old Louis Phillips, who disappeared after being treated at a hospital for a head injury he suffered in a car collision. Phillips was admitted to a hospital in the 2700 block of West Grand Boulevard on Wednesday, November 11, after being struck by a car, and police say he left the facility in an unknown direction.
Police said Phillips suffered a head injury in the crash, according to ClickOnDetroit, which reported that he left the hospital without anyone knowing where he went. He was last seen on Wednesday, the day of the crash. Investigators describe him as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 163 pounds, with brown eyes, black/brown hair and facial scars.
Who to Contact With Information
Anyone with information is asked to contact Commander Phillip Rodriguez with the Detroit Police Department's 10th Precinct at 313-596-1000, or to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up. All tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous, per the same report.
Phillips's disappearance comes just a week after Detroit police put out a similar appeal for 70-year-old Reginald Graham, who went missing after being discharged from a local hospital. Graham was last seen hanging out with friends on Blaine Street in the city's Petoskey-Otsego neighborhood around 2:30 p.m. on November 4, wearing a black jacket, black hat and blue polo. Police described him as a bald Black man, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and 175 pounds, with brown eyes, and asked that tips in his case also go to Commander Rodriguez at the 10th Precinct or Crime Stoppers of Michigan.
A String of Recent Pedestrian Crashes
Phillips's crash adds to a run of pedestrian-involved incidents that have drawn police attention on Detroit's streets in recent weeks. A hit-and-run near East Grand Boulevard and Frederick Street left a man in his 40s in critical condition after he was struck just before 10 p.m. on October 26, according to Hoodline, which described that victim as about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 136 pounds, with brown hair and a mustache. Three days later, on October 29, officers said another person was struck at about 5:20 p.m. near Westphalia and Linnhurst streets.
Hoodline's report also noted that in October 2024, a 69-year-old man was struck and killed near West Warren and Grandville avenues and pronounced dead at the scene. No information has been released on Phillips's current condition or whereabouts since he left the hospital, and police have not indicated whether any sightings have been reported.
