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Suspect dead, 9 wounded including children in shooting at Detroit area water park

REUTERS
Monday, Jun 17, 2024

DETRIOT, Michigan: An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit on Sunday before shooting himself after being cornered by police, authorities said.

Authorities called the incident random gunfire and said they cornered the suspect in a house nearby, where he died after shooting himself.

The local sheriff showed an image of a semiautomatic rifle from inside the house to which the unnamed suspect was tracked. A handgun was recovered from the scene of the shooting, officials added. The suspect was described as a 42-year-old man, while the motives for the shooting were not clear.