Authorities called the incident a random shooting and said they cornered the suspect in a nearby home, where he died after turning the gun on himself.
an armed man shot and wounded nine people, including two children, at a water park near Detroit, United States, Saturday night, before shooting himself after being cornered by the police, as reported by the authorities.
Authorities called the incident a random shooting and said they cornered the suspect in a nearby home, where he died after turning the gun on himself.
A gunman shot and injured nine people at a US water park
The local sheriff showed an image of a semi-automatic rifle from inside the house to which the anonymous suspect was tracked. A gun was recovered at the scene of the shooting, authorities added. The suspect was described as a 42-year-old man, while the motive for the shooting was unclear.
An 8-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the head, while his 4-year-old brother is also injured but stable.. His mother was also in critical condition after being wounded in the abdomen and leg.as reported to the press by the sheriff of the county of Oakland, Michael Bouchard.
The other six victims, all aged 30 or older, were in stable condition.according to Bouchard.
The suspect had gotten out of a vehicle in front of the park Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan around 5:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. GMT) and fired about 30 shots with a Glock semi-automatic 9mm, reloading several times, said Bouchard at a press conference.
Rochester Hills is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Detroit. The neighboring community Oxford Township, also in county Oaklandwas the scene in 2021 of a mass school shooting in which the student Ethan Crumbley then 15 years old, killed four students and injured six other students and a teacher at Oxford High School.
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