Detroit police: Man dies trying to stop car repo - The Detroit News

A Detroit man died Thursday after apparently suffering a heart attack while trying to stop a car repossession, police said. A tow truck driver had arrived to take the man’s Ford Focus in the 9000 block of Archdale around 4:40 p. m. , but the owner “got in the car and attempted to hit the tow truck driver with the car,” said Sgt. The Ford driver then hit the side of a house and had a heart attack, Lewis said. The death is the latest incident involving repossessions in Metro Detroit. In April, a 63-year-old man was arraigned in 41B District Court, accused of threatening a man who had an order to repossess a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban from a home on Washington Street in Mount Clemens. Police said McSwain exited his house as the repo man was removing the registration plate from the vehicle, pointed a. 32 caliber revolver at the man’s face and ordered him to “drop the car. Source: www.detroitnews.com