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Suspect in Detroit shootings was not confronted after first killing, police say

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A 19-year-old man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets over roughly two hours may have been emboldened when he did not encounter police after the first shooting, the mayor said on Monday.
No one called 911 when a 28-year-old man was shot on Sunday, less than two miles from a police station, Mayor Mike Duggan said.
“At 4.45 on a Sunday morning, not a lot of people are up. Some people might have thought they were hearing firecrackers,” Duggan said. “We’ll see what the facts show. I think there’s a strong probability he expected to get caught … And then 35 minutes later he shoots and kills a second individual and proceeds from there.

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