Teen spit on during city road rage incident

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Aug 8
1 min read

A 17-year-old from Rochester Hills was the victim of a road rage incident on the night of Thursday, July 31, near the 500 block of N. Old Woodward in Birmingham during which a dog bowl was thrown at his car and he was spit on.

According to the police report, the teen said the three suspects who assaulted him, who appeared to also be juveniles, were upset with how he turned onto Old Woodward. He said the three suspects ran when they heard the emergency sirens.

Birmingham police report an investigation is ongoing.

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