The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Source: Fox News
Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:30 PM
Two Killed In Detroit As Gunman Launches "Planned Killing Spree" At Two Businesses Thursday
The suspect, identified by Fox 2 Detroit as Vernest James Griffin, is in police custody.
One person was shot and killed at a trucking business BSD Linehaul Inc. in Taylor, Michigan, around 10:30 a.m. after the suspect walked in with a semiautomatic weapon and started shooting, according to investigators
Police said the
suspect then held a gun to a truck driver's head, stole his semi-trailer
truck, and drove off, Fox 2 reported.
Nearly an hour later, a second person was fatally shot at a second
business Aluminum Blanking Company, Inc. in Pontiac, Oakland County
Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.
The suspect then went to a third business Assured Carriers, in
Waterford around 20 minutes later. He asked for someone by name before
he left in the truck around 11:50 a.m., police said.
At 11:52 a.m., police said the suspect stopped the truck, shot at
Waterford police officers, got back in the truck and drove off.
Minutes later, the suspect got into a car accident with two "young
ladies" who suffered non-life-threatening injuries before getting out
of the truck and again shot at law enforcement.
The suspect was shot by police and taken to the hospital, where he is
expected to survive.
"It was the 'Wild West' out there for a little bit," Bouchard said.
