DETROIT _ Eight arrests were made Friday night in Detroit after a protest broke out at the site of a police shooting.
Detroit police took the protesters into custody during the impromptu protest gathering near where officers earlier in the day shot and killed a man they say fired on them first during an arrest, Detroit Police Sgt. Nicole Kirkwood said.
Among those arrested was Detroit Will Breathe organizer Tristan Taylor, according to his Facebook page.
Taylor, who could not be reached for comment, said in an early morning Facebook post that he was released from custody about 3 a.m.
About noon Saturday, Detroit Will Breathe posted on Facebook that all arrested organizers had been released.
Protesters on Friday night had yelled that five people, including Taylor and co-organizer Nakia-Renne Wallace, had been detained.
Wallace, who is Taylor's niece, also could not be reached for comment. A photo taken at the scene and provided to The Detroit Free Press appeared to show an officer restraining Wallace with an arm around her neck.
The Free Press has reached out to police and Wallace for comment.
The first week of protests in Detroit, which began after the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while he was restrained by police, saw as many as 421 total arrests. Since then, protests largely have been passionate but peaceful, with the exception of an incident last week involving a police SUV.
On Friday, officers were investigating a shooting of multiple people at a July 5 block party and trying to arrest a man with a separate felony drug warrant, Chief James Craig said.
Another man at the location of the arrest _ Hakim Littleton, 20, of Detroit _ opened fire on officers and was shot and killed by police, Craig said.
