By Associated Press - Wednesday, January 25, 2017

DETROIT (AP) - Police say a man was fatally shot after he dropped off his son at a Detroit school.

The victim was killed Wednesday as he sat in his SUV outside Mark Twain Elementary-Middle School. Police Chief James Craig says the shooter, wearing an orange hoodie, entered the vehicle or might have been a passenger. The boy was in the school at the time.

Craig says it’s “very disturbing.” The suspect, a male, ran away from the scene. Police believe the victim and the suspect knew each other.



Parents were stunned. Latrice Lee says bullets could have traveled anywhere and struck a child. She brought her son home when she heard the news.

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