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Recent Grosse Pointe South graduate Cassidy Woolums stands next to her mixed media piece, “Dumpster Fire,” which is now on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Photo by K. Michelle Moran
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
DETROIT — Through unimaginable tragedy, the Doheny family remained united as Edmond Bronner Doheny, 29, of Grosse Pointe Woods, learned his fate for what he has maintained from the start was the accidental killing of his younger brother, Dennis Doheny, last year. Doheny and his defense attorney, Robert Ihrie, appeared for a sentencing hearing June 27 in front of 3rd Circuit Judge Kevin Cox in Detroit. Ihrie said Cox sentenced his client in accordance with his previously agreed upon Cobbs plea to three years of probation for involuntary manslaughter and two years in a Michigan Department of Corrections prison for felony firearm, with 24 days’ credit for time already served. Doheny, 29, was accused of killing his brother, Doheny Dennis Doheny, 19, at the Grosse Pointe Woods home they shared with their maternal grandmother at around 12:43 a.m. Oct. 6, 2023, by firing a single shot that hit the younger Doheny in the head. Edmond Doheny told police he was just trying to show his brother the gun. Following the shooting, Doheny called 911 and carried his brother downstairs, and he was trying to staunch the bleeding from his brother’s wound when first responders arrived. Ihrie said Cox “very competently” understood the nuances of this case, as did the prosecutor. “(They) worked with me to fashion the appropriate outcome for this unfortunate tragedy,” Ihrie said. Through all the court hearings, multiple members of the Doheny
Next generation of artists have work in DIA’s high school show BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
DETROIT — Students at schools in the Grosse Pointes are once again getting a chance to showcase their artistic skills at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The third annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition opened June 21 and will be on view until July 21 at the DIA. Of
more than 200 submissions from students at 70 high schools across the county, 81 works were chosen for the exhibition — 15 of which came from students who attend schools in the Pointes. “This exhibition is getting better every year,” DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons said while addressing students and their families at the opening. “It really is an honor to welSee ARTISTS on page 8A
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