9 people, including 2 children, wounded in shooting at splash pad in Michigan

TARA MOLINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> SO TURNING NOW TO WHAT WAS A VIOLENT WEEKEND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 14 OTHERS WERE HURT IN A SHOOTING ON SATURDAY AT A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS. THE SUSPECT STILL ON THE LOOSE. AND IN A DETROIT SUBURB, NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN WERE INJURED BY A GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT A SPLASH PAD ON SATURDAY. CHARLIE DE MAR IS IN ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN. FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS STORY. CHARLIE GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS SCENE IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES THEY SAY. THANKS IN PART TO TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS OFFICERS TO HEAR 911 CALLS AS THEY COME IN. BUT STILL, TRAGICALLY, NINE PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE GUNFIRE. [ SIRENS ] CHAOS AT A COMMUNITY SPLASH PAD IN ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN SATURDAY. THE SHERIFF SAYS 42-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL NASH FIRED AT LEAST 28 SHOTS AT FAMILIES TRYING TO COOL OFF JUST AFTER 5:00 P.M. >> GRABBED MY MEDICAL KIT OUT OF MY CAR AND CAME UP AND TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE. >> Reporter: AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED INCLUDING A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO WERE STRUCK SEVEN TIMES. FRIENDS SAY THEY WERE SHIELDING THEIR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. A MOM AND HER 8-YEAR-OLD ARE BOTH IN CRITICAL CONDITION. A 4-YEAR-OLD FROM THE SAME FAMILY WAS ALSO SHOT. >> IT WAS INCREDIBLY RANDOM. >> Reporter: ROCHESTER HILLS MAYOR SAYS A CITY EMPLOYEE'S WIFE WAS ALSO INJURED. >> SHE WAS SHOT IN THE WRIST AND BROKEN ARM. AND THEN ANOTHER BULLET ENTERED THE ABDOMEN AND EXITED OUT THE BACK. SHE WAS GOING TO BE FINE. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN WHO STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES CALMLY WALKED BACK TO HIS CAR AFTER THE SHOOTING AND DROVE TO A HOME LESS THAN A HALF MILE AWAY. >> SURRENDER. LAY DOWN ALL YOUR WEAPONS. >> Reporter: POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOUSE THEY SAY THE SHOOTER KILLED HIMSELF AND A HANDGUN AND A SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON WERE RECOVERED. >> THERE'S ANGER THAT -- THAT SOME INDIVIDUAL WOULD CHOOSE YOUR CITY AND YOUR SPLASH PAD TO CARRY OUT THIS ACT. AND THEN THERE'S MOSTLY JUST CARE AND CONCERN. >> LORD I PRAY FOR -- >> Reporter: ON SUNDAY THE COMMUNITY JOINED FOR A PRAYER VIGIL AT A LOCAL CHURCH. THIS, AS A TEAM IN PROTECTIVE GEAR WORKED TO CLEAN THE SPLASH PAD. THE MAYOR VOWS TO REOPEN IT AFTER SATURDAY'S MASS SHOOTING. >> IT'S THE EXACT ANTITHESIS OF WHAT YOU DESIGN A SPLASH PAD AND WHAT A PURPOSE IS FOR FOR THE SPLASH PAD AND THAT'S TO GATHER COMMUNITIES AND SO CREATE MEMORIES AND CELEBRATE FAMILIES. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE SAME COMMUNITY STILL REELING FROM THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING BACK IN 2021 IN THE VERY COUNTY. NOW ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE FBI, ROCHESTER HILLS WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IS THE SAFEST CITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN. ANNE MARIE? >> WOW. SO LISTEN, CHARLIE, I MEAN, ANY IDEA WHAT THE MOTIVE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR THIS? >> Reporter: WELL, YOU HEARD THE MAYOR, THE SHERIFF ALSO ECHOING THE RANDOMNESS OF THIS SHOOTING. SAYING THAT THE SHOOTER HAD NO KNOWN CONNECTIONS TO

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Length: 3min 7sec (187 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 17 2024