DETROIT – Michigan State Police are investigating a deadly freeway shooting on I-96 Express near Schaefer Highway and Grand River Avenue in Detroit.
UPDATE: 3 dead after shooting on I-96 in Detroit: What we know
State police shut down both the eastbound and westbound express lanes of the freeway for several hours before reopening just before 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said they started receiving reports of two cars shooting at each other on the freeway just after 10 p.m. Monday. A male driver of one of the vehicles was killed.
A female in the vehicle was also shot and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police said a suspect from a second vehicle got out of their car and tried to run away but was hit and killed by a driver not involved in the shooting.
That driver was not hurt.
Police are looking for a motive behind the shooting and interviewing witnesses,
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Road Closure: I 96 Express / Schaefer/ Grand River Detroit
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) February 23, 2021
MSP 911 received multiple 911 calls about a possible shooting taking place on westbound I 96. When troopers arrived they located four victims with injuries on both the east and westbound sides of 96 Express. pic.twitter.com/rieCP5VhAF