The Coughlins, along with seven others at the park, were injured in the shooting by 42-year-old Michael William Nash, who later took his own life during a standoff with police.
A Michigan couple suffered serious gunshot injuries while shielding their two young children from a gunman on a rampage at a neighborhood splash park. Micayla and Eric Coughlin, along with their 2-year-old and 7-month-old children, were getting ice cream and heading to the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad when gunfire erupted around 5 p.m. on Saturday.
The couple from Rochester was shot a total of seven times during the terrifying incident, according to a family friend. According to a GoFundMe page created by a friend, the Coughlins heard the gunshots just one minute after arriving at the splash park. The two are undergoing treatment after they were rushed to a hospital.
Shot Multiple Times While Saving Their Kids
«Shortly after grabbing ice cream they walked to the splash pad and were not even there for a minute when Micayla and Eric heard gunfire», the GoFundMe post reads. «In an effort to save their children, they each grabbed a child to protect them.»
«Because of their heroic actions, their children were protected and able to go home that evening», the family friend said on the GoFundMe page.
