14-year-old girl seventh to die after shootings in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area:
A 14-year-old girl is the seventh person to die after a series of shootings in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area.
Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas says the teenager was one of five people fatally shot in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant.
Matyas corrected earlier information released by authorities that the girl was nine years old.
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“We seem to be dealing with a worst-case scenario, someone driving around shooting,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told NBC News after the shootings. At least three people were wounded in the attacks.
The Kalamazoo Public Safety Department said a suspect fitting the description of the gunman had been apprehended without incident, citing Chief Jeff Hadley.
The shootings all appear to be random acts..
A man was detained in central Kalamazoo, according to County Undersheriff Paul Matyas.
The suspect is currently being interviewed by police, who told WWMT-TV they are sure they have their man
Mr Matyas told reporters: “The threat to the public is over. We now have our suspect.”
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