Alleged gunman in Grosse Pointe City
armed robbery reported killed in Detroit

The alleged gunman in the armed robbery of three teenage girls in April is dead, police say.

Timothy Little, 18, was killed in a Father's Day altercation during a home invasion on Bishop Street in Detroit, said James Fox, director of public safety in the City of Grosse Pointe, where the incident with the girls occurred. According to Fox and other public accounts, Little was one of several individuals discovered inside a house by the homeowner, his brother and young son. A scuffle ensued, Little stabbed the homeowner, and the homeowner's brother stabbed Little. Both died at the scene. 

Fox said the City's department was notified of the deaths a few days later. Grosse Pointe police had been seeking Little since the May arrest of James DuWayne Perry, 18, also of Detroit, on suspicion of driving the minivan used in the robbery. The crime, which occurred on Jefferson Boulevard near Lincoln Road, was unsettling to the Pointes, which normally see very little violent crime.

Fox said City police raided a house where they suspected that Little was staying, only to discover he'd moved the day before. A visit with his mother was unproductive; Fox described her as "extremely uncooperative." 

"If she'd helped us, he'd still be alive," he said.

The three victims and their families have been notified of Little's death, he added. 

"I can't say they're happy, but they're satisfied," Fox said, adding the case remains under investigation. A third occupant of the minivan used in a crime, a female described as Little's girlfriend, remains at large. 

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