MllbeIli' B
According to a statement
rele ed by Berrien County
Pro ecutor DeDDis Wiley,
Maben once by Fied­
ler. Autopsy reports showed
Maben died of a gunshot d
to the chest.
y F'tedler Dt to
755 P&\'ODe in the city looking
for a murder suspect. ben,
who at the Pavone Street
addre , wa wanted on two
misdemeanor warrants of driv­
.ing with a suspended license
and ha�· improper registra­
tio plates on a motor vehicle.
Maben, unarmed and not tlte
I a
odd
re
It-In
'.
suspect Yaedler lookiag for,
jUDfped &om a wind FIed­
ler ood on the &ODt porch,
sources y.
There were three sh fared.
Prosecutor Wiley . d Maben
died 0( ODe shot. Fielder, al-
Homele
ove
Bre
DHfROrr - Community
people remain firm in their op­
position to destruction of 1,037
units at the Brewster/Douglass
Housiing Project on Detroit's
eastside, and charge Director
Tom Lewis is keep' th on
the eels while th units are
vaDQIlt.
The Detro' Department of
Housing held its scheduled bi­
mo tbly meeting on January 18,
t the Housing Commission of­
fice at 2211 Orleans.
Housing Commissioner,
Tom Le . and board member
discussed issue related to
public h One uch i ue
a the Bre ter/Dougla
ho . project demolition and
the Herman Gardens refurbi -
ment.
The Detroit Housing
Department together with the
Detro' Ho in C . ion
e the nci responsible for
e operati of t federally
nded pu lie housing program
. th City .of Detroit.
35�
a lac
ter d
Housing C ief
moli ion plan
The housing Department
propose to completely mod­
ernize Brewster Dougla by
reducing the density of the
development through demoli­
tion, and the construction of250
new unit nd the complete
rehabilitation of th remaining
914 units.
Lewis s id
Br ter/Dougl s sl ted
for the demolition of 1,037 of its
units, to be re ced by 2SO new
units.
. In 1987, a one-for- ne la
w p stating that for every
unit of public housing th t j
demolished, new unit must
rep ce it.
Lewi . d Detroit did no
have to repl ce each unit-
destroyed beca this law
not in e . renee when the con­
tract to demoli h the
Bre ter/Douglas unit s
igned in 1986. Only public
ho ins contr cted for demoli­
tion after the enactment will be
ubiect to the la .
