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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A tense standoff has erupted on a residential Detroit street after a gunman opened fire on up to 10 people before fleeing to a nearby home. Chaos broke out at a family splashpad in Rochester Hills in Michigan at around 5pm Saturday as up to 28 rounds were fired in quick succession, injuring children as young as eight-years-old.
The gunman then holed up in a nearby home within half a mile of the splash pad, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told Local 4 in a press conference. He added that police were working on getting a warrant to access the property.
'It appears very random with no connectivity between the victims,' Bouchard explained.
Bouchard added that the gunman 'pulled up, exited a vehicle, approached the splash pad, opened fire, reloaded, opened fire, reloaded. And then left.'
As of early Saturday evening, police had cornered the gunman in the home, and said they were communicating with them in a tense standoff.
Police were on the scene within two minutes of the attack after a deputy was alerted to gunshots having been fired through the use of the city's new 911 tech.
Details of the condition of the victims is unclear, although a spokesman for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said the victims included children and adults, with the youngest just eight years old.
By the time he fled the scene, the gunman had fired 28 rounds with a 9mm pistol and three empty magazines were recovered by investigators, Fox 2 Detroit reported.
Aerial images from the scene showed a large number of evidence markers placed around the waterpark, where dozens of bullets were shot in quick succession.
No description of the shooter has been released but negotiators and a police SWAT team have cornered him outside the house he holed up inside.
Police said it is not yet known if there are other people inside the property.
Corewell Health said in a statement that it was confirming several victims were being treated in its hospital, but declined to offer specifics on their condition.
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