Derick Hutchinson, Digital Executive Producer
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DETROIT – The car linked to a deadly shooting Friday morning at Henry Ford Hospital has been found in Detroit.
Local 4 is at the scene where the Dodge Charger was found. The search for the suspected shooter continues.
Here’s everything we know about the situation.
The shooting happened before 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Police Chief Todd Bettison said Mario Green, 53, is accused of going into the basement of the hospital and shooting his ex-wife.
“He got into a verbal altercation with what I’m being told is his ex-wife in the basement area of Henry Ford Hospital,” Bettison said. “He produced a handgun and fired multiple shots, killing his ex-wife.”
Security footage showed Green leaving the hospital out the front door at 9:55 a.m. Friday, according to police.
Here’s the full Friday morning briefing from police:
Bettison called Green a “subject” and a “person of interest” during his Friday morning briefing.
He said Green is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and was wearing all black with a gold chain necklace when he left the hospital.
Green is presumed to be “armed and dangerous,” Bettison said.
The chief mentioned twice during his briefing that Green has an address in Bloomfield Hills.
His profile with the Michigan Department of Corrections shows Green served about six years in prison for a 2006 arson. He previously had an aggravated stalking charge that led to four years or probation, according to the site.
He had a child support charge that led to probation that ended in June 2025, according to MDOC.
Police said Green left the hospital in a white 2011 Dodge Charger.
It has the license plate number DXC7067. The “0″ in that license plate is the number zero.
The car was found in Detroit around 2 p.m. Friday.
Police said Green’s ex-wife was about 40 years old.
She was an employee at the hospital, but her exact job is unclear.
Immediately after the shooting, the hospital was placed on lockdown.
That lockdown was lifted and the “all-clear” was given inside the hospital once police saw security footage of Green leaving out the front door.
Police said Green left the hospital and went north on the Lodge Freeway.
“We expect to have him in custody very, very shortly, but we’re asking for the community’s help,” Bettison said.
Anyone who sees Green or his car should keep their distance and stay safe, but report it to police.
Local 4 was at the hospital scene as dozens of police cars arrived to investigate the shooting.
Bettison said SWAT teams were also at the hospital. Our cameras captured armed ATF agents around the outside of the building.
Bettison said federal authorities were also on their way to search the hospital and make sure nobody else was injured.
At this time, Green’s ex-wife is the only known victim, Bettison said.
The basement of Henry Ford Hospital is open to the public.
There are services for patients in the basement, and anyone can take an elevator down there, according to a former employee.
A woman inside Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit spoke to Local 4 about what was going on.
Carmen said she went to the hospital Friday morning for a family member’s surgery. She called Local 4 from inside the surgery prep area and described the scene.
“I was sitting out on the west entrance in an area by the window and we heard over the loud speaker there was a code blue in the basement,” she said. “Then we heard a lot of yelling and it appeared a nurse was trying to clear the hallway by where I was sitting and shuffled everyone in the hallway down to the waiting area that I was sitting in outside of the surgery center.
“We stood there for maybe about 5 minutes and the nurse came out and said that there was an active shooter in the basement. Then, a few minutes later, they shuffled us into the patient area where they prep the patients for surgery. At this point, I’m sitting in a small little waiting area with two other people and there’s kind of some activity outside the door that I’m at, security guards and stuff, but that’s about it.
“I’m pretty shaken, I would say, but at first we all kind of remained calm because we didn’t really understood what code blue meant in the basement,” Carmen said. “So me and all the waiting room people were just kind of looking at each other, like, ‘What does this mean?’ Then when the nurse came and said there’s an active shooter in the basement, that’s kind of when we all got a little bit nervous.”
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Derick is the Digital Executive Producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with Local 4 News since April 2013. Derick specializes in breaking news, crime and local sports.
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