Officer Collin Rose, 29, a Wayne State University Police officer, was shot in the head on 11/22/16 at approximately 6:45 p.m. while on patrol near campus and passed away on 11/23/16. Rose radioed to say he was investigating possible thefts of navigation systems from cars and SUVs, and was about to speak to someone apparently on a bike. Officer Rose called for back up at 6:31 p.m. Officers who arrived on the scene at 6:34 p.m. found the officer injured on the ground and transported him to Detroit Receiving Hospital. A woman who witnessed the shooting said it happened while Rose was attempting to apprehend someone and heard three shots. Officer Rose was trying to get him to put his arms behind his back. Rose left his two drug sniffing dogs in the vehicle, observing proper police procedure when he approached the suspect to question him. Officer Rose, was a five-year veteran of the department. The station reported that a $5,000 reward was being offered for the recovery of the gun used in the shooting and was not shot with his own gun. His K9’s names were Clyde and Wolverine. Officer Rose’s K9 partner, “Clyde” was with him from 2016 until Rose was murdered. K9 Clyde passed away on 6/9/21 and lived his retirement life with Collin’s fiancée, Nikki, until his death.
Deangelo L. Davis, 31, of Detroit is charged with first-degree murder, murder of a police officer, felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of felony firearm, as well as being a habitual offender on 11/25/16. On 12/7/16 Prosecutors dropped charges against him in the killing of Wayne State University Officer Sgt. Collin Rose and eliminated as a suspect after a review of new evidence.
A reward of $10,000 is being offered by the ATF and $5.000 from the Detroit Dog Rescue for information that helps solve the case. On December 6, 2016 the DTE Energy contributed $15,000 which raised the reward to $30,000 and shortly after Crime Stoppers added another $2,500 to the reward.. On January 25, 2017, the reward was raised to $62,500 and shortly after again raised to $82,500. On February 4, 2017 the reward reached $105,000.
On 8/3/17, Raymond Durhamn, 60, was charged for the the murder of Officer Collin Rose. Multiple felony counts were filed. There was a DNA match that linked Rose’s murder with the shooting of two officers in southwest Detroit, allegedly by Durham. Durham was arraigned on the following counts: first degree premeditated murder, murder of a peace officer, possession of a firearm by a felon, and two counts of felony firearm. A plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf and a competency hearing was scheduled for 11/3/17. On 5/8/18 was again found by a psychiatrist to be mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder. He appeared Tuesday via video from a psychiatric facility for the competency review hearing before 36th District Court Judge Kenneth King. King set a hearing date for Aug. 8, 2018 for another competency review hearing to determine if the Detroit man will be deemed mentally competent to stand trial in Rose’s death. If the suspect continues to be found mentally incompetent, he could be held at the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry until he regains competency.
