The DNA from the shooting of two officers Wednesday night is a match in the murder of a Wayne State Police sergeant, according to police sources.
(FOX)- A “DNA match” was made between the scene of the fatal shooting of WSU Sgt. Collin Rose in November, according to law enforcement sources. The gun, a .38 revolver, was the same type of of weapons used in both shootings, DPD Chief James Craig said earlier on Thursday.
The gun was recovered from suspect Raymond Durham after he allegedly shot officers in the area of Ash and Tillman on the city’s west side. He was later arrested a couple hours later in the area of Vinewood and Michigan Avenue, wounded from his earlier altercation.
Rose, a canine officer, was fatally shot while investigating reports of break-ins in the Woodbridge area last Nov. 22. That case remains unsolved. A source tells FOX 2 Durham’s DNA was found on a flashlight, glove and had from the Rose scene.
As for any rumors of a confession from Durham, 60, regarding the death of Rose, the chief says without question there was never a confession. And police are taking it a step further says the suspect Raymond Durham hasn’t said a single word to them about anything.
Family and friends of Durham say he is mentally ill, with his brother telling FOX 2’s Erika Erickson he was struck in the head by a falling piece of steel in 1976 and has not been the same since.