Crime & Safety

Hearing Postponed for Trenton Man After Witness' Death

Trenton resident Willie Lee Wimberly, 30, faces charges in connection with a road rage shooting on Jan. 31 on westbound Interstate 94 in Detroit, according to WDIV.

A preliminary hearing of the evidence against a Trenton man was adjourned Wednesday until Feb. 20 at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit.

Willie Lee Wimberly, 30, and Steve Deshaun Smith-Rush, 33, of Inkster, face charges in connection with a road rage shooting that occurred on New Year's Eve on Interstate 94 in Detroit, according to WDIV.

Maria Miller, of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, said the exam was adjourned after a man scheduled to testify in the freeway shooting case was shot to death Tuesday night.

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Miller added an investigation into the man's death has begun.

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