Police looking for female I-94 shooting suspect who wounded the wrong person
ROMULUS, Mich. (FOX 2) - Mary Welden was on her way back from Ohio on Friday afternoon when she was forced to get off I-94 in Romulus. Only later through social media, did she found out it was a freeway shooting shortly before 3 p.m.
One person wounded in I-94 freeway shooting near Wayne Road
Police say she didn't hit her intended target but a third vehicle not involved in the traffic altercation was sprayed with bullets. One of those bullets hit the front passenger in his knee.
Michigan State Police say it started out as a traffic altercation between two cars, one maroon, one brown. According to investigators the driver in the brown car pulled out a gun and started shooting at the maroon car.
Police say she didn't hit her intended target but a third vehicle not involved in the traffic altercation was sprayed with bullets. One of those bullets hit the front passenger in his knee.
"Freeway shootings are like a thing now," Welden said. "Like I don't understand it what's more shocking is the shooter is a woman. You just don't expect the shooter to be a woman on a freeway."
Police say she didn't hit her intended target but a third vehicle not involved in the traffic altercation was sprayed with bullets. One of those bullets hit the front passenger in his knee.
The gun shot victim was taken to an area hospital where he was last listed in stable condition. The suspect, a woman in a brown vehicle, was last seen exiting 94 eastbound at Wayne Road.
"These kinds of things make me realize I would never be an aggressive driver," Welden said. "You want to go around me, have at it, it's yours because you never know who will pull out a gun."
At this point in the investigation, details are sparse. There is no indication of makes or models of cars involved in the incident.
If you were on I-94 eastbound near the airport Friday around 3 p.m. and see anything, Michigan State Police needs to hear from you at (734) 287-5000.