Employees were evacuated and police and S.W.A.T. responded to the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant after an armed man entered the facility in the evening of Saturday, July 12. A spokesperson for Stellantis confirmed that the man has been taken into custody.
“Employees will be offered counseling when production resumes. Production was not running at the time of the incident.”
The Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is where Stellantis — the company that owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat — produces the Ram 1500 truck.
Production on weekends at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is limited. According to the company’s spokesperson, only a skeleton crew of skilled trades workers were there. It is unclear at this time if there have been any injuries.
On Facebook, commenters expressed concern over the situation and told their friends to check up on any family members who worked at the plant.
Though people on Facebook called it a shooting, the Stellantis spokesperson refuted this claim and said that would not be an accurate description of the situation.
This is a developing story.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Police, SWAT respond to Sterling Heights Stellantis plant for ‘ongoing situation’
Reporting by Aurora Sousanis and Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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