Michigan roadway shootings prompt school lockdowns

By Mike Householder

Associated Press

Published: Monday, Oct. 22 2012 11:26 a.m. MDT

This image released by Michigan State Police shows drawing of a man suspected in a series of shootings over the past week over a three-county area of southeastern Michigan. Wixom police say in a release that the sketch was obtained from a witness to a shooting Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in Ingham County. That witness also described the suspect’s vehicle as resembling a dark 1998 Oldsmobile Alero or a 1998 Toyota Camry.

Michigan State Police, Associated Press

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Summary

Kids are being kept off school playgrounds and some commuters are changing routes as police search for a suspect in 20 random shootings that have mostly damaged vehicles on roads in four Michigan counties.

WIXOM, Mich. — Kids are being kept off school playgrounds and some commuters are changing routes as police search for a suspect in 20 random shootings that have mostly damaged vehicles on roads in four Michigan counties.

No one's been hurt, and no shootings have occurred since Thursday. But Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe says police added two incidents to their list Monday.

Tipsters have told police the gunman appears to be a white man in his 30s and authorities on Sunday released a sketch. The incidents appear to be random, but police are investigating them as a pack.

The shootings mostly involve cars near Interstate 96, though authorities have said one occurred while a man was taking out his garbage. In another incident, a woman said her car's rear window was shattered.

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