Man charged for fleeing Detroit police in high-speed chase after 3 bodies found in burning car

Suspect also faces federal firearm charge

Edward Delorean Redding (WDIV)

DETROIT – The suspect in the deaths of three people who were found inside a burning car on Detroit’s west side has been charged with fleeing from officers, officials announced.

Edward Delorean Redding, 29, of Detroit, was charged with third-degree fleeing and eluding and resisting and obstructing a police officer, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

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He is expected to be arraigned at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9.

Redding is also facing a federal charge of felon in possession of a firearm and was arraigned Tuesday.

This all stems from a horrific scene discovered early Sunday, which Detroit police are investigating as a triple homicide.

Three bodies were found inside a torched car, including Redding’s 44-year-old ex-girlfriend and her mother, both shot in the head in the back of the burned vehicle.

Redding’s ex-girlfriend’s 9-year-old niece was also found in the back seat, with her throat slashed.

Sources indicate that Redding’s ex-girlfriend had been babysitting at the time, but her nephew was unharmed in the home.

Court documents reveal that within 25 minutes of 911 calls, the Detroit Homicide Task Force was able to track a silver Saturn Vue to Redding.

When officers attempted to stop him, he fled southbound on I-75, driving on the shoulder and into oncoming traffic before exiting and running red lights in an effort to escape.

Redding ultimately lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a median at Fort Street and Schaefer Highway.

Police say he attempted to run again but was arrested by troopers, who discovered a black Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver inside a brown bag on the front passenger-side floor.

Redding later admitted to seeing and touching the gun but claimed he ran because he was on parole and wanted to return the firearm, which was manufactured outside of Michigan, to its owner.

The 29-year-old convicted felon was out on parole for offenses dating back to 2010, including armed robbery, carjacking, and felony firearm possession.

Redding was sentenced to 11 to 22 years in prison and had served roughly 13 years.

Sources also indicate that Redding attempted to control his ex-girlfriend, whom he is suspected of killing, while he was behind bars, telling her where to be and what time to be there.

The 29-year-old was seen wearing a beige jumpsuit with chains around his ankles, waist, and wrists as he heard the charge against him in federal court on Tuesday (April 8).

Redding appeared to have an angry look on his face, but also looked zoned out at times.

He remains in custody and is due back in federal court on Thursday, April 10, 2025, to discuss bond conditions.

Though Redding has not been officially arraigned in connection with the triple homicide in Detroit, sources told Local 4 that he remains a suspect and the investigation is very active.

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