Civic activist Emily Doerr, 28-year-old founder of Hostel Detroit in Corktown, writes in a Detroit Free Press guest column about becoming a street crime victim near Wayne State. The Woodbridge District resident was mugged at gunpoint while walking near Forest Avenue and Commonwealth around 8 p.m. Feb 5.   

Detroit Booster Emily Doerr Mugged On A Block In Woodbridge With Broken Streetlights, Feb. 13

Corrected: Date slip in original version is fixed to Feb. 5, thanks to sharp-eyed reader Daniel Patton.

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