The United States jostled by a new shooting. Police in Detroit, in the north of the country, launched a major manhunt on Sunday following four people were ‘randomly’ targeted by gunfire that led to the deaths of three of them, authorities say . He was eventually arrested.
Earlier James White, the Michigan city’s police chief, told media that the first three victims – two women and a man – were shot at different locations in the city in the early hours of the morning. After seeing the suspect scanning the interior of cars, a fourth man asked him to stop before being targeted in turn by a shot, explained the policeman.
Random shots
Three of the victims died and one survived, police told local media. Photographs of the suspect had been released and authorities had called on anyone who recognized him to contact the police. The shootings appear to have been carried out “completely at random”, the police chief said during a press conference. One victim was “waiting for the bus, another was walking her dog and another was just in the street”, he described.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said at a press conference that officers were “scrutinizing several square miles (…), waiting for the individual to resurface”. “This man has already shot four people today,” he warned.
The United States is regularly hit by shootings as parliamentarians balk at passing gun control legislation, despite being acclaimed by most Americans. Successive governments have so far been powerless to stem this recurring scourge, and many Americans remain very attached to their guns.
In Houston, Texas, three more people were killed in another shooting. According to the city authorities, the man had first set fire to their house. “This suspect unfortunately (…) set fire to several residences, waited for residents to come out and shot them,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said at a press conference. He added that firefighters battling the blazes had to take cover from the shooter at the same time. The police eventually intervened and shot the man dead.
Meanwhile, NFL footballer Brian Robinson Jr was targeted by gunfire in the capital Washington in a possible carjacking, but is in stable condition, The Washington Post reported.
