Man leaves long gun in cart at Home Depot

Heard on: Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods Police and Fire

02:02

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Six 961 , can you make Home Depot for suspicious male? Caller states it was a black male, bald, (description withheld), (description withheld).

00:09

Just went in with a long gun, put it in a cart, and he went into the door where it says three for $10 by the nursery, the nursery door.

00:20

Suspicious at this time.

00:30

Six five six, I'll head over with six nine and six one.

00:34

Six one.

00:37

One.

00:45

Six.

00:59

Sixty-nine, be advised, caller's outside.

01:02

States that he's inside the store somewhere, and people are now exiting the store talking about it.

01:08

You do not know where he's at in the store.

01:17

Sixty-nine.

01:27

Yeah, apparently now security has that male.

01:30

Gun seems to be secure at this time for the caller.

01:53

Yes, we advise Home Depot states that that male is possibly behind the location.

01:58

They have the gun secured, but he took off on a bicycle.

9/6/2026 01:18 PM

Weapons

Kelly Rd, Harper Woods, MI 48225

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report of a suspicious man entering a Home Depot in Harper Woods with a long gun and placing it in a shopping cart near the nursery area. Store security reportedly detained the man and secured the gun before he fled the area on a bicycle.