DETROIT – At least one person has been killed after a confrontation between neighbors turned to gun violence.
According to authorities, at least one man was fatally shot at approximately 8:30 a.m., Thursday, at the Greenfield Penthouse Apartments located on Greenfield Road.
Witnesses say that the shooting started in an upstairs apartment, and that her 49-year-old neighbor collapsed near her car in the parking lot after suffering multiple gunshot woulds. He had fled from the apartment building, pursued by the unknown suspect, who reportedly fired into the parking lot.
The victim later died at the hospital.
A nearby school took children into the basement for protective measures during the shooting.
A 78-year-old has been taken into custody, according to authorities.
Detectives from the Detroit Police Department are investigating it as a homicide.
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