Authorities respond to Superior Township shooting
Police investigate the area where a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Ford Road in Superior Township Friday.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
Authorities were dispatched to Superior Township around 1:20 p.m. Friday for a man who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
Joyce Williams, spokeswoman for Huron Valley Ambulance, confirmed that medical emergency vehicles had been sent to the intersection of Northbrooke Drive and Ford Road for the shooting. The intersection is near the Arbor Hills subdivision.
The victim was transported to U-M Hospital in unstable condition.
The 911 call came from a citizen eyewitness, Williams said.
Investigators sift through evidence along Ford Road near Northbrook Drive in Superior Township.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
Sgt. Geoff Fox of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said in all likelihood, the shooting didn't take place where the man was found.
"The shooting may have occurred somewhere else," he said.
Police have conducted a preliminary interview with the man, who Fox said had multiple gunshot wounds to his legs. Details are still trying to be pieced together. While the circumstances aren't yet known, police do know the shooter and victim weren't strangers.
"It was not a random act of violence," Fox said. "We have some good leads to follow up on."
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Ann English
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 2:20 a.m.
The map tells me that that area has developed within the past five years; I remember driving past Galpin Drive when it was a dead-end road, just six years ago. Other residential roads now in that area didn't exist in 2007.
RJA
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 2 a.m.
Guns are great until some nut decides to pull the trigger.!
Julie Baker
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 10:44 p.m.
We just posted an update to this story. Read it here: http://bit.ly/aadc-810shooting
MARK
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 10:43 p.m.
I drove by the site just as the PoPo/5-0 were arriving. I saw a big black dude laying on his side with a by stander applying pressure to his upper thigh. Lots of blood
Jimmy McNulty
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 10:10 p.m.
Definitely NOT the usual area of Superior Township where crimes of this nature happen.
hail2thevict0r
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 8:49 p.m.
That's an extremely odd place to be wondering around without a car. I wonder if this happened in one of the subdivisions close by and he was running away?
clara
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 10:19 p.m.
"Sgt. Geoff Fox of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said in all likelihood, the shooting didn't take place where the man was found"
JRW
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 8:41 p.m.
Drug deal gone bad?
Enso
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 10:18 p.m.
Way to give an expert analysis. Send a resume to FoxNews.
Ross
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 6:29 p.m.
Whoa. Will be watching for updates. Note, there is no apt complex anywhere near here. Only luxury mansions and estates....
Myles
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 9:44 p.m.
Ross, crime can happen anywhere.
anti-thug
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 8:19 p.m.
real closer too ann arbor, really!
RuralMom
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 7:16 p.m.
Not that far from the notorious LeForge Road area, my bet is something went down there and they dumped him up the road!
tdw
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 6:56 p.m.
Yea, Ross that's the same thing I was thinking
John Counts
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 6:45 p.m.
Thanks, Ross. We're dealing with information very quickly as it comes in and initially thought it was an apartment complex but have since made a change to refelct that the area is a subdivision. Thanks for the heads up.