As many as 10 people, including children, were shot and wounded at a city-run water park near Detroit on Saturday evening, police said, calling the incident random gunfire.
The suspect was still at large late on Saturday, but police said they believed he was cornered in a house nearby. The gun was found at the scene, police said.
A man got out of a vehicle in front of Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad park, in Rochester Hills, Michigan, about 5 pm local time (00:00 Israel time) and fired about 30 shots from a 9mm semiautomatic Glock, reloading several times, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told a press conference.
Active shooter
It was not immediately clear if there were any fatalities, said police, who had initially reported five people shot.
We had an active shooter at the splash pad on Auburn in Rochester Hills. That is still an active crime scene and we potentially have the suspect contained nearby, but we asked for the moment people stay away from the area. We have numerous wounded victims. More to follow.
— Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (@oaklandsheriff) June 15, 2024
Rochester Hills is about 30 miles (50 km) north of Detroit. The neighboring community Oxford Township, also in Oakland County, was the scene of a 2021 mass school shooting where student Ethan Crumbley, then 15, killed four students and wounded six other students and a teacher at Oxford High School.
“It’s a gut punch, obviously, for us here in Oakland County,” Bouchard said. “We’ve gone through so many tragedies, you know. We’re not even fully comprehending what happened at Oxford.”
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on X, “I am heartbroken to learn about the shooting in Rochester Hills.”
I am heartbroken to learn about the shooting in Rochester Hills. We are monitoring the situation as updates continue to come in, and are in touch with local officials.
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) June 16, 2024
At least nine people were shot at a water recreation park in Rochester Hills, Michigan, including an 8 year old, according to a Saturday night CNN report.
“We had an active shooter at the splash pad,” said the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in a post on Facebook.
In a news conference, the Sheriff, Michael Bouchard, said the “suspect fired “potentially 28 times” and is contained at an address near the scene.”
The shooting took place at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills, 27 miles north of Detroit.
This is a developing story.