{"id":191947,"date":"2016-02-21T07:41:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T07:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=191947"},"modified":"2016-02-21T07:41:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T07:41:40","slug":"six-shot-dead-in-random-attacks-in-michigan-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/six-shot-dead-in-random-attacks-in-michigan-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Six shot dead in &#8216;random&#8217; attacks in Michigan, US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">US police have taken a man into custody after a <span id=\"cg_intext_rt_search_4\" class=\"cg-intext-span cg-intext-span-reset cgspnlink \" data-type=\"yahoo\" data-type-id=\"10\">series of apparently<\/span> random shootings left six people dead in the Michigan town of Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four people were killed at a restaurant and two at a car dealership, local media say. Three others were injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attacks are being linked to an earlier shooting at a car park elsewhere in the town, which left one woman seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A suspect matching witness descriptions has been detained, local police say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This is a tragic chain of events for our community and we are diligently continuing the investigation to confirm if the correct person is in custody,&#8221; Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety wrote on their Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These are random murders,&#8221; Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The shootings took place on Saturday evening at three locations &#8211; outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, a Ford dealership and a block of flats<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Police were first called to a Kalamazoo residential building where a woman was shot multiple times and was taken to hospital in a serious condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Hours later, officers were called to the car dealership where two people were shot and killed, and a third wounded, Mr Matyas said. 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