Police identify man stabbed to death in middle of Livonia intersection
Gage Wann identified as stabbing victim
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LIVONIA, Mich. – Police have identified the
Livonia police said Gage Wann, 23, of Commerce, Oklahoma,
was stabbed to death around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday (May 25) at the intersection of Plymouth and Middlebelt roads.
Authorities believe Wann was homeless and frequented the intersection.
Witnesses said Wann was walking north in the crosswalk when he exchanged words with two other men walking south, officials said.
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One of the men walking south pulled out a knife and stabbed Wann in the chest, according to police.
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Ayyub Ama was 14 years old when he was stopped by a police officer for the first time. The officer asked him for identification, and Ama gave him the only one he had: his middle school ID card. When he asked why he’d been stopped, Ama said that he was told that he fit the description of a suspect involved in a crime at a nearby 7-Eleven. When Ama tried to tell the officer that he was walking home directly from school, he said he was told to wait as more and more police cars pulled up.
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Members of the group Livonia Citizens Caring About Black Lives spent much of 2020 calling their city council officials asking for more transparency, accountability for police and to repair the reputation as a racist city they say Livonia has built over the years.
Now, the group is running a political action committee, or PAC, to elect people who are willing to engage in those conversations. According to 2019 census data, about 12.3% of Livonia residents identify as non-white.
“We realized that we need people on city council who are able to engage with us and the public on this issue and any issue that they don’t feel comfortable with, Delisha Upshaw, one of the lead organizers for the Livonia Citizens Caring About Black Lives PAC, said. If you can’t do that, then you need to find a new job.”