Detroit Free Press: Man shot by Pittsfield Township police commits suicide

Posted on Thu, Aug 4, 2011 : 7:35 p.m.

Devin Reddick, who was shot in the abdomen by Pittsfield Township police in January then filed a federal lawsuit over the incident, committed suicide early Thursday, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.

Reddick, 30, shot himself while he was at the Rosewood Village condominiums near Platt Road, according to the report.

That location is where he was shot by police after a domestic altercation.

Reddick later filed a federal lawsuit , claiming the officer who shot him used excessive force. Washtenaw County prosecutors cleared the officer of wrongdoing.

Reddick pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and driving with a suspended license.

Read the Free Press report.

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