HARPER WOODS (WXYZ) — A 19-year-old is dead and an 18-year-old has been hospitalized following a shooting outside Eastland mall Thursday evening.
Around 7:20 p.m., police say an Eastland Center employee discovered the body of a 19-year-old laying dead in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to his head.
Officers then found a vehicle had crashed into a baseball field fence that's adjacent to Harper Woods High School. Inside the vehicle was an 18-year-old driver with a gunshot wound to the head. The 18-year-old was taken to Ascension St. John Hospital in serious condition.
Police say there's possibly a third shooting victim, but that is still under investigation.
Witnesses told police a black 2019-2020 GMC Terrain with tinted windows and aftermarket chrome rims was seen fleeing the scene. There were two to three people inside that vehicle.
If you have any further information on these shootings, contact the Harper Woods Public Safety Department at 313-343-2530. You can also leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.
