Police in Michigan said a teenager has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a suburban Detroit police officer who had stopped him for driving without a license.

The Detroit teenager surrendered to police a few hours after the officer was shot in Oak Park, police said.

The officer had stopped the 16-year-old driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee during the early morning. The officer put the teen in his squad car and drove him to a nearby apartment complex, apparently seeking an adult to take custody of him or someone who could establish his identity.

A struggle occurred at the apartment and the officer was shot once. The teen apparently fled in the Jeep, but later turned himself in, authorities said.

The 28-year-old officer had been with the Oak Park police force for four years and was married with one child.

source: WNEM

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