Gunman's 'random' attacks leave 3 dead

DETROIT－A person waiting for the bus and another walking a dog were among four people shot by a man who appeared to fire randomly over about two and a half hours in Detroit, police said. A total of three people died.

Police arrested a suspect on Sunday night after an hourslong manhunt involving multiple federal agencies. Police chief James White said tips led officers to the suspect, but he did not immediately release more information about the suspect or arrest.

White earlier said investigators traced all four early Sunday shootings to one firearm, but believed them to be random because there was no apparent connection among the victims.

He said police discovered a woman in her 40s who had been shot multiple times around 4:45 am on Sunday. While officers were investigating that fatal shooting, a witness reported a 28-year-old man had been shot multiple times nearby.

A third victim, a woman in her 40s, was found in the area around 6:50 am and died after being shot multiple times.

Around 7:10 am, an elderly man reported he saw a man peering into vehicles. When the elderly man told the person to get away from the cars, the gunman fired at the elderly man, who was shot once and survived.

The incident is just one in a string of shootings that occurred in the United States over the weekend.

Also on Sunday, six people were injured after a man opened fire inside a crowded bar in Los Angeles, local media reported.

The shooting occurred at the Holiday Bar located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, reported the local KTLA television station.

Witnesses told police a fight had broken out among several individuals when a man pulled out a gun and fired into the crowd, said the report.

The suspect, said to be a 25-year-old man, was taken into custody.

In New York City, a man and woman were both shot in the arm in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Both were taken to hospital and are expected to survive.

In Houston, a man evicted from an apartment house set fire on Sunday to the building to lure tenants from their homes then shot five of them－killing three, authorities said.

Hundreds of demonstrators, including more than a dozen family members of the Uvalde school shooting victims, gathered in Texas on Saturday urging a raise in the minimum age to purchase AR-15-style rifles.

Xinhua - Agencies