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Shootings kill 2 at Halloween Spirit stores in Michigan, California on eve of holiday, police say

Shootings on Friday night in California and Michigan at Halloween Spirit stores, a retailer selling costumes and decor, killed two people, authorities said. 

A shooting at a Halloween Spirit in Fairfield, California, killed one female and left six others wounded, police said. While at a Halloween Spirit in suburban Detroit, a shooting killed one male, police there said. 

Constance Hages, a 31-year-old female, was killed in the California shooting, Fairfield Police said Saturday. Family members told detectives that Hages was pregnant at the time of her death. 

Police said they are working to confirm that information following an examination by the Solano County Coroner.

Gunfire rang out inside Spirit Halloween, a store at the Solano Town Center in Fairfield late Friday, Fairfield police said in a statement posted on social media.

Fairfield Police said Saturday that, based on preliminary information, the shooting is believed to be a targeted incident involving one suspect inside the store. Detectives are continuing to actively investigate, police said. 

All seven victims had gunshot wounds, including the person who died, the statement said. The remaining victims were taken to hospitals for treatment, and at least three people were in critical condition. The three victims in critical condition are a 16-year-old male, a 19-year-old male, and a 32-year-old male, police said. Another victim, a 23-year-old male, is also hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Two victims, a 19-year-old male and a 43-year-old male, were treated for their gunshot wounds and released from the hospital. 

The statement posted around midnight early Saturday said that detectives were investigating and speaking with witnesses to try to identify a suspect.

"This is still a very active crime scene. Detectives are speaking with witnesses and diligently working to identify the suspect responsible for this horrific shooting," the statement said.

Fairfield is about 37 miles northeast of Sacramento. 

Police in Madison Heights, Michigan, reported a shooting at a Halloween Spirit late Friday afternoon in which a 21-year-old man was killed. CBS News Detroit reports the suspected shooter, also age 21, was assaulted by the victim's family members and hospitalized with injuries. Police said the two men were acquainted and got in an altercation when the suspect shot the victim multiple times. 

Madison Heights is located about 12 miles north of Detroit. 

The affected Spirit Halloween stores will remain closed until the end of the season, a spokesperson for the company told CBS News in a statement on Saturday.

"We are deeply saddened by the tragic incidents that occurred at our Spirit Halloween stores. We extend our condolences to the families and individuals whose lives have been altered by these terrible events," the spokesperson said.

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