10/22/12 - Kids are being kept off school playgrounds and some commuters are changing routes as police search for a suspect in a number of shootings that have mostly damaged vehicles on roads in four counties including Livingston. In the Walled Lake school district, students in Wixom were having indoor recess today with the doors locked. Wixom has had half of the shootings and school officials say theyâre not sure how long the policy will be in effect. The small mid-Michigan City of Perry has also been added to the growing list of communities to report a shooting. A multi-jurisdictional task force met this morning and says in all, 22 shootings have been reported to the Livingston, Oakland, Ingham and Shiawassee County Sheriffâs Offices as well as the Wixom and Perry Police Departments. No one has been hurt and the incidents appear to be random but police are investigating them as a pack. No new shootings have occurred since last Thursday evening and they mostly involved vehicles along the I-96 corridor. The local incident involved a vehicle struck by a bullet on westbound I-96 between D-19 and M-59. The suspect is believed to be an unshaven white male in his early 20s to mid-30s, possibly driving a dark 1998 Oldsmobile Alero or a 98 Camry. The task force says investigators have already looked into more than half of the more than 100 tips received and is encouraging citizens to remain vigilant in reporting suspicious activity. Anyone with any information is asked to call Detective Marc King at the Livingston County Sheriff's Department at (517) 540-7953 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. (JM)
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