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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Detroit firefighter Patrick Trout, 47, died at his home hours after completing an overnight shift earlier this month. Fire ...

In a surfaced video interview Detroit Fire Dept. commissioner Charles Simms (offscreen) acknowledges an alibi for Mario Willis (pictured), convicted for the 2008 death of firefighter Walter Harris.

“Our hearts are broken for this family," said Commissioner Chuck Simms of the City of Detroit Fire Department Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined ...

Detroit firefighter Patrick Trout, 47, died at his home hours after completing an overnight shift earlier this month. Fire Commissioner Chuck Simms said Trout’s death is considered a presumed ...