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Source: Detroit Free PressNov.文件倉 07--A person of interest is in custody in connection with a shooting at an east side Detroit barber shop that left three dead and six others injured, police announced today.Detroit Police Chief James Craig said a man was taken into custody in Rochester after the shooting Wednesday night and is being held on an unrelated felonious assault charge. He said the man, at the time he was arrested, was wearing body armor.Craig said police are working with the U.S. Attorney's office to determine whether the man could be in violation of federal laws for being in possession of body armor.The shooting happened at Al's Place Barber Shop at 5220 E. Seven Mile Road and might have been the result of an ongoing feud between the shooter and people at the gambling party, Craig said.He called the shooting "urban terrorism."Craig said that police received a 911 call at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday indicating shots had been fired. He said police were on scene by 5:49 p.m.The initial investigation, Craig said, revealed that 20 to 30 people were packed into a small room at the rear of the barbershop and were gambling.He said a man pulled up in a vehicle and started firing at a truck with a high-powered rifle. At some point, the rear door of the shop opened and the shooter began firing inside of the business. Craig said nine people were shot inside of the location.He said at least one person inside of the barbershop returned fire.Investigators were searching for men driving two Chevrolet Impalas -- one white, one black -- involved in the shoot-out along Seven Mile Road between Mound and Ryan at about 6 p.m. Investigators said a shoot-out between the cars' occupants in an alley behind the building spilled over into the barbershop. People fled for cover at neighboring businesses.Police said the barbershop is known for gambling, and a dice game was taking place when the gunfire broke out. But a motive behind the shooting wasn't clear.Two people died last night and a third victim, a 37-year-old man, died early today at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Detroit police spokesman Sgt. Michael Woody said.Despite a recent spate of violence -- including the barbershop shooting and the fatal shooting of a Wayne State University law student -- Craig said homicides are down.Acco存倉ding to police, there have been 289 criminal homicides so far this year, down from 331 during the same time period in 2012.At the barber shop today, the only clear visible evidence that a shooting had happened were the news vans parked nearby and strands of yellow police tale flapping in the breeze at several spots.A painted sign on the gray brick building says the shop was established in 1971. A handful of playing cards could be seen among some leaves outside the front door, and broken window glass from a vehicle lay in the alley behind the one-story shop. No one answered the door at Al's, but next door at another business, a man spoke through a glass storm door, telling a reporter that "it's over."He warned against taking pictures of the shop and closed the door.Several neighbors who were out walking had heard about the shooting but few said they were in the area at the time.But Saifur Rahman, 19, was working at a fish and chicken shop across Seven Mile at the time of the shooting.He heard a series of shots that sounded like they came from an automatic weapon.Three people --all male, one older and two younger -- ran into his shop and locked the outer door. Rahman was behind an interior door and they began pounding on that, telling him to let them in.He thought he was being robbed."It was scary, you know, " he said.The three also started throwing food from various shelves onto the floor and appeared to be trying to hide. They snuck out when Rahman announced he was calling 911. He said police talked to him and took his store's surveillance tape.Residents described the neighborhood as a good one, with people attending church and participating in a block club, but all were aware of past violence at Al's."It's a good neighborhood, just some stuff went down," said one woman out walking her pit bull. She declined to give her name for fear of retaliation.She said Al's is a popular spot, with men and women, but she said that she has stayed away."You don't go in shooting dice and gambling when there's no windows," she said.Crime Stoppers is offering a $5000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. Call 1-800-773-2587.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Detroit Free Press Visit the Detroit Free Press at .freep.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存