10/29/12 - The Grand Rapids-area man who was wounded Saturday in the latest in a string of shootings along the I-96 corridor says heâs just happy to be alive. Scott Arnold of Delton told the Free Press Sunday that the bullet which hit him in the buttocks as he drove on westbound I-96 near Fowlerville just missed an artery and major nerves. He told the paper, "It was pure luck. ... I feel very, very fortunate, and my kids do, too." The shooting on Saturday was one of two that day and part of a series of two dozen that stretch back to October 16th. The 46-year-old Arnold, who was released Sunday from St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital, had been on his way to the see the Tigers play in Game 3 of the World Series when he heard a loud noise and felt a pain in his side. He pulled off into the weigh station near the Fowlerville exit and realized heâd been shot. Another vehicle was also fired on Saturday, although no one was hit. The two incidents came more than a week after the initial three-day spree that ended October 18th. A multi-jurisdictional task force has been investigating the shootings, ten of which occurred in Wixom. Wixom Police Chief Clarence Goodlein is helping to head up that effort and told WHMI last week that they have made progress in working through the more than 400 tips received so far. Investigators also still working to put together a profile of the shooter and are asking that anyone with information come forward before someone gets killed. A sketch of the suspect (pictured) has already been widely distributed. As for Arnold, he initially hoped the doctors would be able to patch him up so he could still make it to Comerica Park for Saturday nightâs game, but ended up watching the game in his hospital room. He joked to the Free Press that, "If I had been there, I think we would have won." Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAKUP (800-773-2587) or Detective Marc King of the Livingston County Sheriffâs Department at 1-517-540-7953. (jk)
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