KALAMAZOO – A gunman drove in and around a western Michigan city in the United States yesterday randomly shooting people in the parking lots of a restaurant, car dealership and apartment complex, killing at least seven, including a 14-year-old girl, authorities said.
A 45-year-old man was arrested early yesterday in downtown Kalamazoo following a massive manhunt after the shootings began about 18h00 on Saturday, authorities said.
A 14-year-old girl was among five people fatally shot outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, said Kalamazoo county undersheriff Paul Matyas, while a father and son were killed at the dealership. A woman who was shot multiple times at an apartment complex was in serious condition early yesterday, Matyas said, correcting an earlier statement in which he’d said nine people had been shot.
Matyas said earlier that authorities did not believe the shootings were targeted at specific people, describing them as “our worst case scenario.”
“These are random murders,” he said.
Matyas told WWMT-TV that the suspect did not resist when approached by law enforcement officers in downtown Kalamazoo, and that weapons were found in the man’s vehicle.
– Nampa-AP
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