On August 28, 2022, a 19-year-old man allegedly opened fire in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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, United States, randomly killing three people on the city's streets over a span of two hours and fifteen minutes. A fourth person and a dog were injured. Each person was shot in separate locations, and had no known connection to the shooter nor any known gang affiliation. The suspected shooter was apprehended at his house in Detroit about 14 hours later, and was formally charged two days later.
Events
At 4:45 a.m., the suspect shot a 28-year-old man without provocation, walked away and then returned to fire more shots. This victim's body was found in the doorway of a church.
About 30 minutes later, police responded to a 911 call three blocks away. While officers were investigating this shooting, they heard gunshots that led them to the 19700 block of
Livernois Avenue
Livernois Avenue (also referred to as Livernois Road, Livernois Street, Avenue of Fashion, and Main Street) is a major thoroughfare and section line road on the west side of Metro Detroit in the US state of Michigan.
Route description
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. They found a 44-year-old woman had been shot and killed.
According to
Wayne County Major Crimes Commander Michael McGinnis, the shooter initially left, but then he returned and shot her again. A 16-year-old girl was then shot and killed around 5:30 a.m.,
The fourth shooting occurred at 7:10 a.m. The 80-year-old victim and his dog both survived.
Accused
The 19-year-old male suspect, Dontae Smith, was arrested at his house in Detroit.
He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of assault with intent to murder, one count of third-degree animal cruelty, and five counts of felony firearm on August 31.
Smith's family said he was
hallucinating before the shooting, thought that his family members wanted to kill him, and believed the
world was ending. A clinical psychologist believes Smith is suffering from
psychosis
Psychosis is a condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features. Additional symptoms are incoherent speech and behavior ...
, or another
mental illness that causes delusions. Smith's bond is set at $1,000,000.
See also
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List of homicides in Michigan
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2022 Bend, Oregon shooting
On August 28, 2022, a gunman opened fire at a Safeway grocery store in Bend, Oregon, killing two men, one of whom was an employee, and wounding two other people before committing suicide.
Shooting
After leaving his Fox Hollow apartment building ...
, which occurred on the same day
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