AP via wxyz.comDETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Police Department has suspended all firearms investigations conducted by its crime lab and ordered it to undergo an independent audit.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy also has ordered an audit of all of her office's files that resulted in a trial or a guilty plea that relied upon the crime lab's findings.
Worthy says a defense attorney notified her two weeks ago about "significant discrepancies" in firearm evidence reviewed by the crime lab in two homicide cases and several other cases.
She says that in one case, the crime lab concluded that more than 40 fired bullet casings came from a single weapon but subsequent tests showed they came from at least two different guns.
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