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Police have a “strong suspect” in custody in relation to a shooting spree Saturday in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Kalamazoo city Public Safety Chief Jeffrey Hadley told CNN affiliate WWMT.
Six people were killed in the incident.
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(CNN) — At least six people were killed during a shooting spree Kalamazoo County, Michigan, county Undersheriff Paul Matyas told CNN.
A total of nine people were shot in three locations Saturday, authorities said. Two people are in critical condition, and one is in serious condition.
“What it looks like is we have someone just driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks,” Matyas told CNN affiliate WOOD-TV.
The first shooting occurred at about 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), when a woman was shot four times in an apartment complex parking lot, Matyas told CNN. She is in serious condition.
Shortly after 10 p.m. local time, three people were shot a car dealership, Matyas said. Two of the three were killed.
“At this point we believe [the two killed] were just here looking at a vehicle,” Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley told CNN affiliate WWMT.
Then four people in two cars were shot outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant a few miles away from the dealership. Three of them were killed; the fourth, a teenager, is in critical condition, authorities said.
All three shooting incidents appear to be related, authorities say.
“We’re asking everyone to be very vigilant,” Michigan State Police Lt. Dale Hinz told WWMT.
Police say the suspect, believed to be a white man in his 50s, is still at large. They are looking for a dark blue or silver Chevrolet HHR.
