Update, 2:25 p.m. Friday: Five people, not eight as originally reported, were shot after a candlelight vigil was held for a homicide victim killed Monday, Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody tells Deadline Detroit. Of those shot, one has died.
After cars fled the scene, a Chrysler Cirrus crashed into a fire hydrant and front porch. Of the four people in the car, one died after being ejected from the vehicle, Woody said. Another was critically injured. The two other people in the car were arrested in connection with the shooting, and a gun was recovered.
In all, four people were arrested in connection with the shootings.
Meanwhile, at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, relatives of the wounded started showing up. Five were taken into custody and ticketed for disorderly conduct after they refused to settle down, Woody said.
Earlier: Craziness broke out following a vigil for a homicide victim Thursday night on Detroit's west side.
The Detroit News reports that two people died and eight were shot in a hail of bullets and a car crash that resulted afterward. Residents said the vigil was for a recent victim of violence.
“It’s senseless, and it’s stupid, and there’s no reason for it,” Assistant Police Chief Steve Dolunt told the News.
The shooting took place in the 14000 block of Patton. Police were called to the scene about 1:55 a.m. Friday.
Police told the Detroit News that eight people were shot at the vigil. One of those people died.
During all the madness, some vehicles sped away and a female died after her car struck a fire hydrant and a front porch in the 9300 block of Burt, the News reports. The woman had been ejected from the vehicle.
Another woman in the car was taken to the hospital and police arrested a man at the scene and recovered a gun, the News reported.
It's unclear the condition of the people who were wounded in the shootings and crash.
In all, police say two people were taken into custody in the area of the shooting and crash.
Patton Street, where the vigil was held, was the scene of violence earlier this week, the News reports. Shots were fired around 4:30 a.m. Monday and a 22-year-old man died. Two other men in their early 20s were wounded.
