Two armed women who were targeted by criminals opened fire on their would-be assailants in separate incidents Thursday, police said.
A 70-year-old woman was inside her home in the 15700 block of Sorrento on the city's northwest side at about 12:50 p.m. when two men — one of them described as between 15 and 18 years old — tried to break in through her window.
The woman was waiting for them, police said.
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About two hours after the thwarted break-in, a 40-year-old woman got into a gunfight with two men who tried to carjack her, according to police.
The woman was driving her 2002 Chevrolet Impala with two companions, another woman and a man, when she parked in front of a local business at St. Clair and Warren on Detroit's east side at around 2:50 p.m. Thursday. Police say two armed men approached the driver and demanded she surrender her vehicle.....
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