The author of a shooting that left three dead and one injured on Sunday August 28 in Detroit has been arrested, announced the police in this city in the north of the United States, while in Texas three other people were killed in a another shooting.
Detroit, Michigan police chief James White 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.
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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. Three of the victims died and one survived, police told local media. Photographs of the suspect have been released and authorities have called on anyone who recognizes him to contact police.
“We have it”
The shots appear to have been executed”completely random“said the police chief during a press conference. A victim “was waiting for the bus, another was walking her dog and another was just on the street“, he described. Around 9 p.m. (00100 GMT), Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced that the suspect had been found and arrested.
“We hold it“wrote the mayor on Twitter. He specified that thanks tocrucial information from the community” and “strong supportof the police, the shooter had been taken into custody without incident. Also on Sunday, authorities in the city of Houston, Texas announced that three people were shot and killed there by a man who had first set fire to their home.
“This suspect unfortunately (..) set fire to several residences, waited for the residents to come out and shot themHouston 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.
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According to the Houston police chief, the shooter had recently received an eviction order, which “may have been a trigger“. 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.
The United States is regularly the scene of shootings while parliamentarians are reluctant to pass gun control legislation, although acclaimed by most Americans.
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