3 suspects in custody after 18-year-old shot and killed in Ann Arbor
Three suspects are in custody after an 18-year-old Westland man was shot and killed in Ann Arbor Friday afternoon, police said.
Ann Arbor police responded to the area of Packard Street and Platt Street around 1:15 p.m. Friday for a report of a shooting.
Police say their initial investigation indicates that the 18-year-old was shot during an exchange of gunfire after leaving a business a nearby business.
When police arrived in the area, they spotted a vehicle fleeing the scene. Officers engaged in a short pursuit, which ended when the suspect crashed into a tree in the area of Platt and Lorraine streets.
Police arrested three men in connection with the shooting.
The victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, where he later died, police said.
An investigation is ongoing, but police do not believe the shooting was random.
The shooting investigation prompted nearby schools to be placed on lockdown as a precaution, but those lockdowns have since been lifted.