Six People Were Killed in Kalamazoo Shooting, Prime Suspect Has Since Been Detained

Six people were killed and two left critically wounded in Kalamazoo County, Michigan shootings.

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Saturday evening a man drove around different locations in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and shotseveral random people, killing six and leaving others wounded. A suspect, 45-year-old Jason Brian Dalton, was arrested on Sunday morning.

The first shooting took place in the late afternoon where a woman, who has not been identified by police, was shot a few times in the parking lot of her apartment complex. She was with her three children at the time of the shooting and is in critical condition.

A few hours after she was shot, two people at a car dealership were killed by a man who police now assume was the same shooter. Then, just eight miles away from that incident, four people were killed outside of a Cracker Barrel. A young girl around 14-years-old was first reported dead by the police, but she is apparently in critical condition.

"What it looks like is we have someone just driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks," Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said to WOOD-TV, a CNN partner.

Following the attacks, on Sunday morning, Dalton was arrested in downtown Kalamazoo. Cops found weapons in his car and reported that he didn't put up a fight. His motives for the shooting still remain unknown. Although cops told WOOD-TV that Dalton was an Uber driver and may have picked up passengers between shootings.

Uber released the following statement:

"We are horrified and heartbroken at the senseless violence in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Our hearts and prayers are with the families of the victims of this devastating crime and those recovering from injuries. We are reaching out to the police to help with their investigation in any way that we can."

According to CNN, Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said that he believes charges against Dalton will brought on Monday.

We'll continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

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