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Police responded
to the Eastland Center in the city of Harper Woods around 5:50
p.m. local time (2250 GMT) and found a victim who had been shot
multiple times on the sidewalk outside a Burlington Coat
Factory, Harper Woods Department of Public Safety director Jim
Burke said in a statement.
Burke said the victim was transported to a local hospital where
he died. One suspect was taken into custody, Burke said, and an
investigation was ongoing.
The Detroit Free Press newspaper reported that the mall, about
14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of downtown Detroit, was evacuated
and locked down in response to the shooting.
Further details were not immediately available.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco Editing by W
Simon)
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