Media reports: Suspect in custody in I-96 corridor shootings

Posted on Tue, Nov 6, 2012 : 12:50 p.m.

Past coverage of the I-96 corridor shootings.

A man police took into custody Monday night in Wixom is a suspect in the string of I-96 corridor shootings that have had residents on edge since Oct. 16, Detroit area media reported Tuesday.

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Sketch of shooting suspect.

AP photo

Charges are pending against the man, the Detroit Free Press reported. Both the Free Press and The Detroit News reported the man drives a car that matches the description provided by one of the victims in the series of 24 shootings.

The man was taken into custody Monday night at a home where police executed a search warrant Monday. The News reported that a man living in the home closed the door to media and said his daughter and granddaughter had suffered a “terrible tragedy.”

A news conference or announcement from police is expected later Tuesday, media reports indicated.

The string of 24 shootings have occurred on or near I-96 in Livingston, Ingham, Oakland and Shiawassee counties. Only three actually occurred on the freeway. One person was injured in the shootings.

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