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| Police: 6 dead, 3 injured in ‘random’ Michigan shootings | Police: 6 dead, 3 injured in ‘random’ Michigan shootings |
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| KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A man drove around a western Michigan city shooting people at three locations Saturday, including a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Ford dealership, leaving six dead and three injured, two of them critically, police said. | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A man drove around a western Michigan city shooting people at three locations Saturday, including a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Ford dealership, leaving six dead and three injured, two of them critically, police said. |
| Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said a suspect was detained early Sunday in downtown Kalamazoo. Matyas said weapons were found in the man’s vehicle and he did not resist when approached by law enforcement officers. | Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said a suspect was detained early Sunday in downtown Kalamazoo. Matyas said weapons were found in the man’s vehicle and he did not resist when approached by law enforcement officers. |
| “The threat to the public is over,” he said early Sunday. | “The threat to the public is over,” he said early Sunday. |
| Police described the suspect taken into custody as a 45-year-old white male from Kalamazoo County. Officers are questioning him, Michigan State Police Lt. Dale Hinz told WWMT-TV. | |
| Four of the six people killed were at the Cracker Barrel, according to police. Also shot at the restaurant was a 9-year-old girl, who is in criticial condition. | |
| Two others, a father and son, were fatally shot at the car dealership. | |
| Matyas said earlier that police believed the shootings were random and not targeting particular people, describing it as a “worst case scenario.” | Matyas said earlier that police believed the shootings were random and not targeting particular people, describing it as a “worst case scenario.” |
| He said the shootings began about 6 p.m. local time. In addition to the restaurant and the car dealership, the third location was an apartment complex. All of the shootings were in the parking lots. | He said the shootings began about 6 p.m. local time. In addition to the restaurant and the car dealership, the third location was an apartment complex. All of the shootings were in the parking lots. |
| Kalamazoo is about 160 miles west of Detroit. | Kalamazoo is about 160 miles west of Detroit. |
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