Detroit police take suspect into custody after 'random' shooting-spree leaves three dead, one injured

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The Detroit Police Department took a suspect into custody after a string of fatal shootings on Sunday morning lead to a manhunt.

Police say that the shootings all took place on Sunday morning in different parts of the city.

Officials said that a 40-year-old woman was shot at around 4:45 a.m. near Margareta Ave & Wyoming Ave, according to FOX 2.

Police said that the suspect was taken into custody on Sunday evening near the scene of the shootings.

While police were at the scene of the first shooting, someone walked up and said that another individual was shot at Wyoming Avenue & 7 Mile, and police said that a 28-year-old man died in the incident.

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Police believe that there's one suspect in relation to the shootings and have linked a weapon to the incident. The suspect is likely a Black male in his mid-20s to early 30s, police said. (Detroit Police Department)

Police then said that at 6:50 a.m., a woman in her 40s was shot several times at 19700 Livernois.

Another man was shot near 19200 Pennington at 7:10 a.m. after he noticed that the suspect was looking inside several cars. The man confronted the suspect, who then shot the male victim once, police said.

Three of the four people who were shot on Sunday are dead, according to police.

Police believe that there's one suspect in relation to the shootings and have linked a weapon to the incident.

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Detroit Police Department Chief James White said that the shootings appear to be "random" and said that there doesn't appear to be a relationship between the crime and the victims.

White said that of the people who were shot, one person was waiting for a bus, one was walking his talk, and another was "just on the street."

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said that the Michigan State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigations, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in the search.