Shooting at Detroit area water park leaves 9 people injured; 8-year-old boy shot in head, critical

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Law enforcement tracked a suspect to a home, where the man died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said...

Authorities initially said they believed as many as 10 people had gunshot wounds from the shooting in Rochester Hills, but that number was revised after they checked with area hospitals...

At the home, they recovered a semiautomatic rifle and another handgun believed to have been used by the suspect to take his life, Bouchard said.. Police cordoned off the area with tape and dozens of yellow evidence markers lay on on the ground among colorful folding chairs...

The shooting was a reminder that we live in a fragile place, Barnett said.. Rochester Hills is about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of Oxford, where in 2021 a 15-year-old fatally shot four high school students...

The Oxford Resiliency Center, established to help those impacted by the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School, remains in operation and can assist community members, he said.. Our most fervent hope, at least at his point, is that all of the injured victims have speedy recoveries, Bouchard said..