DETROIT -- Detroit's leaders are speaking out against violence after one man died and three people, including a toddler, were injured in a drive-by shooting on Detroit’s West Side, police said.

"If there was anytime to get outraged with the city of Detroit, this is the time," said Detroit City Councilman James Tate Friday.

The shooting happened near Tireman Avenue and Central Street around 8 p.m. Thursday.

Witnesses said a dark-colored SUV was driving north on Central Street when it cut off a vehicle and began firing shots at a car carrying five people.

The driver of the car that was shot up lost control and plowed at full-speed into a vacant Laundromat, said police.

Four of the people in the vehicle were injured: A male passenger who was sitting in the backseat of the vehicle was fatally shot. Another man in the front seat and the 21-year-old female driver were seriously injured. The driver's 2-year-old was strapped in the back seat. He was rushed to Children's Hospital of Michigan where he was in critical condition.

The child was upgraded to serious condition Thursday afternoon. The adults injured in the crash have been upgraded to temporary serious condition.

The man who died was identified as 22-year-old Contrell Watts.

"When you see this kind of carnage, it's bad. But when it's a child in the car, it's terrible," said Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans.

Police are not sure what triggered the shooting but they say it does not appear to be random.

“This was an AK-47 high-powered rifle shooting. We don't know what the beef was, we don't know anything,” said Evans.

"We're saying together -- It's not OK for a 2-year-old baby to be caught in the crossfire of an adult argument," said Detroit City Councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins.

Jenkins and Tate said they are sick of the violence in the city and they are asking for the public's help in combating the violence.

"My brother was killed in 1991. They still haven’t found the murderers. That’s because nobody has said its not OK for a 14-year-old to be shot," said Jenkins.

"Just last week we had two situations -- double homicides. Two children saw adults killed right before them," said Tate.

Tate and Jenkins are starting a youth violence task force. The first public meeting will be March 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. the City County building.

Police said they now believe they are looking for more than one gunman.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Detroit Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 1-800 SPEAK-UP.