Teen killed in state fair shooting

Published: Aug 31, 2024 Duration: 00:03:33 Category: News & Politics

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NEWS TONIGHT AT 6.30. >> AND THAT BREAKING NEWS COMING TO US FROM MICHIGAN STATE. FAIR IN NOVI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT 8. AND KEIR, HEY, 70'S DETROIT HAS LEARNED OF 14 YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SHOT AND KILLED. NOVI. POLICE NOW CONFIRMING ANOTHER 14 YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. LET'S GET RIGHT OUT TO JOB AND HE IS LIVE IN NOVI THIS MORNING FOR IS THERE ANY NEW INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE US? >> GOOD MORNING. HERE. THE POLICE ARE IN SEARCH OF A SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING OF 2.14 YEAR-OLD BOYS. IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE AT ONE OF THE PARKING LOT OF SUBURBAN COLLECTION. SHOWPLACE. THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE MICHIGAN STATE FAIR WAS TAKING PLACE LAST NIGHT. NOW, SINCE THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, POLICE HAVEN'T SHARED A LOT OF DETAILS WITH US. EVEN HAVING SHED DETAILS ABOUT THE SUSPECT. THEY BUT THEY TELL US THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT. NOW, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. NOW, THIS SINCE THAT INCIDENT UNFOLDED AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT, POLICE 2.14 YEAR-OLD BOYS WERE SHOT AND ONE OF THE PARKING LOT RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCES OF MICHIGAN STATE. FAIR. SADLY ONE WAS KILLED. ONE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. NOW WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED, A CHANNEL 7 TEAM ARRIVED RIGHT AWAY AT THE SCENE AND WE SAW A LOT OF HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE THE PARKING LOT WAS CLOSED, BUT WE DID GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE. SOME OF THE EYEWITNESSES AND WHAT THEY DESCRIBE THE SITUATION AS BECAUSE MICHIGAN STATE FAIRS DIVIDE INTO THIS GOT OUTDOOR VENUE IN AN INDOOR VENUE AS THE SHOTS RANG OUT, FOLKS STARTED RUN INSIDE AND IT WAS EXTREMELY CHAOTIC. PEOPLE WERE SCARED FOR THEIR LIVES. SOME EVEN BELIEVE THE SHOOTER MIGHT HAVE RUN INSIDE WHILE OTHERS WERE RUNNING FOR THE LIVES. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. HAVE A LISTEN. >> SO ALL THAT CAN REALLY SEE WAS LIKE KIDS RUNNING IN. AND I WAS LOOKING FOR LIKE THE REST OF MY FAMILY, WHATEVER. AND I'M CALLING AND CALLING THEM. AND THE LIKE WE'RE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND I GUESS THERE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET THEM THIS CLOSE TO ME AS POSSIBLE. ONCE WE GOT OUTSIDE TATE. >> COPS EVERYWHERE. >> NOW POLICE BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A TARGETED SHOOTING. HENCE, THERE'S NO PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AT THE MOMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S NO POLICE PRESENCE HERE AT THE MOMENT. AND I WAS JUST ABLE TO CONFIRM JUST MOMENTS AGO THAT THE FAIR WILL OPEN AND RESUME ITS REGULAR OPERATION STARTING 10 THIS MORNING. NOW, KARA, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND VIEWERS AND OF COURSE, YOURSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NIGHT WE WERE HERE LAST NIGHT DOING LIVE HITS YOU IN THE STUDIO. I WAS OUT HERE IN THE FIELD AND THE WAY WE SAW THE FAIR WAS IT WAS PEOPLE HAVING A GREAT TIME. IT WAS A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. THE 5 K RUN HAD JUST ENDED. WE WERE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE RIGHT NEXT TO THE STAGE AND INSIDE DOING HITS AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ANNUAL FAIR, SOMETHING THAT DATES BACK TO 18. 49, THIS IS THE TRADITION OF MICHIGAN STATE. FAIR. 250,000 PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED ATTEND OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. AND ONCE AGAIN, A TRAGIC MOMENT, NO ONE REALLY WANTED TO HEAR OR SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT SADLY, THIS INCIDENT DID HAPPEN. AND AS IT UNFOLDS, WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES FOR YOU CARE IF ANNOUNCED. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR AS FOR YOUR LIVE REPORT. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE PARENTS OF BOTH A 14 YEAR OLD. ONE WAS KILLED AND ONE WAS INJURED. WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA STAY ON TOP OF THIS STORY. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN FOLLOW

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