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Top-flight Detroit neurosurgeon, 53, is found shot dead wrapped in a sheet in attic of his $1.2M historic district mansion – Police believe his murder is linked to a domestic situation that turned deadly

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d2727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Dr Devon Hoover&comma; was found fatally shot and wrapped in a sheet in the attic of his &dollar;1&period;2M mansion in Detroit&&num;8217&semi;s Boston Edison Historic District on Sunday evening <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d2727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Hoover&comma; 53&comma; cops believe&comma; was killed in a domestic situation turned violent&comma; his car was discovered in a separate location <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d2727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sunday night&comma; police carried out a wellness check at the home of the pre-eminent neurosurgeon who had failed to show up at a family party  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d2727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He was regarded as one of the top neurosurgeons in the state&comma; and lived in one of the most upscale neighborhoods in the city <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d2727&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>No arrests have been made in the mysterious shooting and investigations are ongoing<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Devon-Hoover-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438565" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"1026"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Detroit based neurosurgeon Dr Devon Hoover&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found fatally shot and wrapped in a sheet in the attic of his Detroit mansion Sunday evening<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>With friends and former patients starting a justice course police in Detroit&comma; Michigan&comma; have intensified investigation into gathering clues in the murder of Devon Hoover&comma; a highly-regarded doctor at his home in an upscale neighborhood in the Boston Edison Historic District&period;<br>The pre-eminent neurosurgeon was found fatally shot and wrapped in a sheet in his attic after police conducted a welfare check on his &dollar;1&period;2m mansion after he failed to show up at a family party&period; <br>Dr Hoover&comma; 53&comma; cops believe&comma; was killed in a domestic situation turned violent&period; His car was discovered in a separate location&period; <br>The Ascension Michigan Hospital doctor&comma; who is thought to have lived alone&comma; was regarded as one of the top medical professionals in the state&period;<br>No motive has yet been confirmed for the &&num;8216&semi;wonderful&&num;8217&semi; surgeon&&num;8217&semi;s murder and no arrests have been made since his body was discovered on Sunday evening&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Devon-Hoovers-home-in-Detroit-MI-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438567" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"491"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Dr&period; Devon was found dead from a gunshot wound inside his &dollar;1&period;2million mansion &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; in the historic Boston-Edison district of Detroit&comma; MI on Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The lucrative area is one of the most upscale neighborhoods in the city&comma; and according to its website numerous Michigan celebrities including heavyweight boxer Joe Louis and baseball star Willie Horton have lived there&period; <br>Hoover&&num;8217&semi;s neighbor&comma; Jonathan Shearrod&comma; told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;detroitnews&period;com&sol;restricted&sol;&quest;return&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;detroitnews&period;com&percnt;2Fstory&percnt;2Fnews&percnt;2Flocal&percnt;2Fdetroit-city&percnt;2F2023&percnt;2F04&percnt;2F25&percnt;2Fman-found-fatally-shot-in-home-in-detroits-boston-edison-district&percnt;2F70149209007&percnt;2F" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Detroit News<&sol;a>&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s going to take some time to wrap your head around what has happened&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>He said that the renowned neurosurgeon lived alone&comma; but was an &&num;8216&semi;anchor of the block&&num;8217&semi; and was &&num;8216&semi;extremely involved in the neighborhood&&num;8217&semi;&comma; regularly hosting parties and functions in his lavish home&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I just can&&num;8217&semi;t imagine anyone experiencing that in their home or just having to face that kind of terror where you live&comma;&&num;8217&semi; adding&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s just a wonderful person&period; I mean&comma; the home looks amazing because he was an ardent reservationist&comma; restorationist&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Devon-Hoover-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438570" width&equals;"846" height&equals;"633"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>One Neighbor describing Hoover said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He&&num;8217&semi;s just a wonderful person&period; I mean&comma; the home looks amazing because he was an ardent reservationist&comma; restorationist&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Devon-Hoover-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438573" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"815"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The leading neurosurgeon&&num;8217&semi;s was praised as a &&num;8216&semi;dedicated and well-respected&&num;8217&semi; doctor by his employer&comma; Ascension Michigan Hospital&period; <strong>His profile on his hospital website said he had &&num;8216&semi;a special interest in the treatment of neck and back disorders&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Hoover&&num;8217&semi;s profile on his hospital website said he had &&num;8216&semi;a special interest in the treatment of neck and back disorders&&num;8217&semi;&period; However&comma; that profile has been taken down&period; <br>According to his biography&comma; after completing his medical training at Indiana University School of Medicine&comma; Hoover concluded his residency at Hendry Ford Hospital in Detroit&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;He also completed fellowships&comma; one in peripheral nerve surgery at Louisiana State University School of Medicine with Dr&period; David Kline&comma; and one in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Michigan with pediatric neurosurgeon Dr&period; Alexa Canady&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the bio adds&period; <br>Until his passing Hoover was an employee of the Ascension Michigan Hospital who in their statement said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Devon Hoover&comma; MD&comma; was a dedicated and well-respected member of the Ascension Michigan family and will be greatly missed by our community&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Our sincerest condolence and heartfelt prayers are with his family&comma; friends and fellow associated during this incredibly difficult time&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Hoover was previously named in Hour Detroit Magazine as one of the leading neurological surgeons in Detroit in 2008&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Devon-Hoovers-home-in-Detroit-MI-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-438572" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"446"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>A neighbor said the neurosurgeon lived alone in his upscale neighborhood home&comma; but was an &&num;8216&semi;anchor of the block&&num;8217&semi; and was &&num;8216&semi;extremely involved in the neighborhood&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Hoover was one of the most renowned neurosurgeons in Detroit&period; The shooting has shocked the upscale neighborhood&comma; and several of Hoover&&num;8217&semi;s friends&comma; family and former patients have paid tribute to the top doctor on social media&period; <br>One of his colleagues wrote on Facebook&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Rest In Peace beautiful and kind soul&period; You will forever be missed&period; You taught me how to love Neuro surgery working alongside you in the operating room&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Your patience was unmatched&period; Prayers to your family and all those that knew you&period; We are devastated that we have lost you&excl; May your legacy and love for surgery forever live in those that were touched by your presence in this world&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Last weekend&comma; we lost a beloved colleague&comma;&&num;8217&semi; added another Ascension Hospital colleague&period; &&num;8216&semi;A very talented doctor&&num;8230&semi; a man who no one can say anything bad about&period; He was a true gentleman&period; He was genuine and loved to help people&&num;8217&semi;&period; <br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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