Shooting at popular tailgating spot leaves 2 dead after Detroit Lions game

DETROIT (AP) — A second particular person has died from a taking pictures at a preferred tailgating website after a Detroit Lions sport, police mentioned Monday.

A combat broke out round 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Japanese Market, an open-air gathering spot, police Chief James White mentioned. Tampa Bay had simply defeated the Lions close by at Ford Discipline, 20-16.

“I don’t know all the main points to it, however anytime that any person loses their life, that’s a tragic factor,” Lions coach Dan Campbell mentioned Monday.

The combat escalated when one particular person pulled out a gun and fired at the very least two rounds. Law enforcement officials within the space responded to the taking pictures, arrested the suspected shooter and recovered two handguns, White mentioned.

“Tailgating, consuming and weapons — they don’t combine,” White instructed reporters Sunday.

The victims had been described as Detroit males, one in his 40s and one other in his 20s. A suspect from Oak Park was in custody.

White mentioned the confrontation started with a bigger combat that broke up after a couple of minutes.

“They reconvened a number of ft away from the place the preliminary combat began,” the chief mentioned. “The 2 fighters put up their palms like they had been about to combat one another. … One of many individuals within the combat, a male from Oak Park, pulls out a gun and fires at the very least twice.”