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The Detroit 300 Community Action Team
Tuesday September 13th, 2016 :: 09:41 a.m. EDT

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Suspect wanted for questioning in the shooting of 81 year old senior in 18500 block of Joy Road. click for photo >

<p>Detroit police say an elderly man was shot during a carjacking on the city&#39;s west side.<br />
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It happened in the 18500 block of Joy Road just west of the Southfield Freeway.</p>

<p>The victim, 81-year-old Herman Garth, tells 7 Action News he was coming home from the casino around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when he stopped at Big Daddy&#39;s Liquor store to grab a snack. He says when he left the store, the Air Force veteran was approached by two men who shot him twice in the hips and robbed him of $700.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Garth says the suspects then stole his 2013 grey Chevy Cruze.&nbsp;Police located the vehicle later Tuesday morning in the area of&nbsp;Spinoza&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tireman. It was torched.</p>

<p>http://www.wxyz.com/news/81-year-old-man-shot-during-carjacking-on-detroits-west-side</p>

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