A 15-year-old boy died after police responded Saturday evening to a home on Breezeway.
FRASER, MI — A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by a Fraser police officer Saturday evening during a response to a reported domestic dispute in a Macomb County neighborhood, officials said.
The shooting has placed the small city’s Department of Public Safety under outside review while investigators work to determine what led the officer to fire. The officer has not been publicly identified and was placed on administrative leave under department procedure. The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation.
Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. Saturday to the 17000 block of Breezeway, a short residential road near Kelly Road and 13 Mile Road. Authorities described the call as a domestic dispute but released few details about what was happening inside or near the home before police arrived. During the encounter, a Fraser officer fired a gun and struck the teen, officials said. Emergency medical aid was given at the scene before the boy was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. “The MCSO will provide more information once the investigation is complete,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Police have not released the teen’s name, the officer’s name or the number of shots fired. Officials also have not said whether the boy was armed, whether other people were inside the home, or whether officers had been called to the address before Saturday. No officers were injured. Investigators went door to door after the shooting, speaking with residents near Breezeway as patrol vehicles and crime-scene activity remained in the area. The lack of early detail left neighbors with only fragments of what they heard and saw. Christine Bone, who lives nearby, told a Detroit television station she heard yelling before the shot. She said she heard someone shout, “just shoot me,” several times.
The shooting happened in Fraser, a Macomb County city north of Detroit with quiet residential blocks, small businesses and major roads linking it to nearby communities including Roseville, Clinton Township and Warren. Police shootings involving minors often draw close public review because investigators must examine both the immediate threat officers say they faced and the steps taken before deadly force was used. In this case, the public record remained thin Sunday. Officials had not described the dispute, the officer’s position, whether body-camera or home-security video exists, or what witnesses told detectives. Those details are expected to be central to the sheriff’s investigation.
The Fraser Department of Public Safety turned the case over to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, a common step after an officer-involved shooting. Outside investigators typically collect physical evidence, interview officers and witnesses, review dispatch recordings, examine any available video and prepare findings for prosecutors. The officer involved remains on administrative leave while that process continues. Administrative leave does not decide whether an officer acted properly; it removes the officer from duty during the review. As of Sunday, no charges had been announced, and officials had not given a date for when the sheriff’s office would release more information.
Residents near Breezeway described a tense scene after the shooting, with police vehicles lining the street and investigators moving through the area. Some neighbors said they did not see the shooting itself but noticed officers speaking with people nearby. The death also raised questions that officials had not answered by Sunday, including how long officers were on scene before the gunfire, whether crisis tactics were attempted, and whether anyone else was hurt during the dispute. Authorities have said only that the teen was shot during the response and later died at a hospital. The sheriff’s office said more information would be released after investigators complete their work.
The case remained under investigation Sunday, May 31, with the officer on leave and the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office handling the review. The next major milestone is the release of additional findings from investigators or any charging decision by prosecutors.
Author note: Last updated May 31, 2026.