First and last victims identified in Rochester Hills fountain shooting

Lina Portman1 week ago

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The Jacoud Borges family was one of the families enjoying a warm Saturday at Brooklands Plaza Water Park in Rochester Hills on June 15 when a gunman got out of a vehicle and opened fire.

Carlos Jacoud Borges, 42, and Karina Jacoud Borges, 37, were the first to be shot as they moved to protect their 6-year-old son, Luke, according to a GoFundMe page created by a close family friend Jacoud Borges and verified by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. It was one of two new GoFundMe pages posted in recent days for victims of the mass shooting.

A total of nine people were injured in the shooting, leaving three people in critical condition.

As they ran to protect their son, Carlos was shot in the knee and Karina in the hand, but they continued and blocked Luke with their bodies, according to the GoFundMe post. Although he suffered some minor injuries, Luke was not hit by any bullets.

The couple was released from the hospital Tuesday and Wednesday after undergoing knee and hand surgery, but the family is still recovering from their injuries and emotional breakdowns, according to the GoFundMe post.

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Another victim, Richard Schumborg, 78, was identified through another GoFundMe page and verified by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office late last week.

Schumborg had brought her 8-year-old granddaughter to the wading pool that day, and when the shooter started shooting, her granddaughter escaped and hid in the bathroom with a friend, indicated GoFundMe. Schumborg was not so lucky.

The shooter shot him twice in the abdomen, then looked Schumborg in the eye and shot him once in the thigh, the GoFundMe account said, adding that the shooter allegedly continued but ran out of cartridges, left dropped his weapon and walked away.

Previously, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the shooter calmly left the scene after dropping his gun to return home where he later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound .

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The GoFundMe says Schumborg received excellent medical care and was released from the hospital last week, and that his daughter-in-law will stop working to help Schumborg and support his family following the shooting.

You can visit Jacoud Borges' GoFundMe page here and Schumborg's GoFundMe page here.

Other victims include a husband and wife who managed to shield their two young daughters from bullets and, in doing so, were themselves shot seven times; a mother and her two young sons, including an 8-year-old child shot in the head; and a mother who pulled her 7-year-old daughter out of harm's way after being shot in the back and arm.

The GoFundMe page for the husband and wife can be found here, for the mother and her two young sons here and for the mother of the 7-year-old here.

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The suspect was later identified as Michael William Nash, 42, of Shelby Township. During a press conference Monday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard revealed that Nash had a history of mental illness and that in addition to the gun being left at the scene and the gun turned on him, at least 11 other firearms were found in the house. Nash shared with his mother. As of Monday, law enforcement had not found a motive.

Lina Portman

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