Police said they responded to a call in the Lafayette Park area on Saturday and found the victim unresponsive, but they believe she was killed at home.
They have been searching the area with dogs but there is no information about who carried out the killing, or why.
Officials paid tribute to WOLL as “one of Detroit’s great young leaders”.
And state governor Gretchen Whitmer described the murder as a “vicious crime”
Police added that they would provide more information warned against drawing conclusions before the facts were established.
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