{"id":28492,"date":"2024-06-16T21:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T02:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=28492"},"modified":"2024-06-16T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T02:30:10","slug":"suspect-dead-9-wounded-including-children-in-shooting-at-detroit-area-water-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=28492","title":{"rendered":"Suspect dead, 9 wounded including children in shooting at Detroit area water park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 15 (Reuters) &#8211; An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit on Saturday evening before shooting himself after being cornered by police, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities called the incident random gunfire and said they cornered the suspect in a house nearby, where he died after shooting himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other six victims, all aged 30 or older, were in stable condition according to Bouchard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect had got out of a vehicle in front of Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad park in Rochester Hills, Michigan, about 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) and fired about 30 shots from a 9mm semiautomatic Glock, reloading several times, Bouchard said in a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other six victims, all aged 30 or older, were in stable condition according to Bouchard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect had got out of a vehicle in front of Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad park in Rochester Hills, Michigan, about 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) and fired about 30 shots from a 9mm semiautomatic Glock, reloading several times, Bouchard said in a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rochester Hills is about 30 miles (50 km) north of Detroit. The neighboring community Oxford Township, also in Oakland County, was the scene of a 2021 mass school shooting where student Ethan Crumbley, then 15, killed four students and wounded six other students and a teacher at Oxford High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a gut punch, obviously, for us here in Oakland County,&#8221; Bouchard said on Saturday. &#8220;We&#8217;ve gone through so many tragedies, you know. We&#8217;re not even fully comprehending what happened at Oxford.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on X, &#8220;I am heartbroken to learn about the shooting in Rochester Hills.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/up-10-shot-wounded-detroit-area-water-park-police-say-2024-06-16\/\">reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 15 (Reuters) &#8211; An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit on Saturday evening 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. 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