Police say a suspect has been arrested after a number of “random” shootings in Kalamazoo in US state of Michigan.
US police say they have arrested a “strong suspect” after a shooter reportedly drove around the Michigan city of Kalamazoo randomly shooting people.
Police earlier launched a manhunt after at least six people were killed and several others were injured in the shootings late on Saturday night.
One of the victims, a nine-year-old child, was in critical condition early on Sunday morning.
Michigan state policeman Lieutenant Dale Hinz told WWMT TV said police believe “the situation is contained” after arresting a man driving a car matching a description of the gunman’s.
“They have taken him into custody – a man matching the description,” Hinz said, adding that the man was aged 45.
“At this point this is all we know. He is being questioned right now.”
Sheriff Paul Matches later told the network that the suspect “voluntarily” gave himself up.
“The threat to the public is over. This is your worst nightmare when you have someone driving around killing people. There is usually a reason for this and hopefully after questioning the suspect we will know why,” Matches said.
‘Worst-case scenario’
“We had several shootings tonight in the county and in the city of Kalamazoo. They all appear to be related. We have multiple people dead,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told 24 Hours News 8 earlier.
“We seem to be dealing with a worst-case scenario, someone driving around shooting,” Matyas told NBC News .
The shooter was earlier described as a white man who was driving a blue or silver Chevrolet HHR.
Matyas told NBC that police began investigating a shooting at a Kalamazoo County apartment building around 8pm on Saturday after a woman was shot several times.
She is in a serious condition, he said.
‘Unloading weapon’
About three hours later, they were called to a car dealership where two people were fatally shot and a third was wounded.
According to other unconfirmed reports on social media, a father and son were randomly killed at the dealership. A teenager was reported to be among the people killed.
Another four people were reportedly killed near a local restaurant.
In that incident, the gunman reportedly spoke to the occupants of several vehicles for a few seconds, before he “unloaded his weapon into both cars,” Matyas said.
Source: Al Jazeera:Michigan shootings: At least six killed in US city
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