Gunman who injured 9 people in Michigan water park shooting identified

The gunman who injured nine people in a shooting at a Michigan water park was identified by authorities on Sunday.

Michael William Nash, 42, killed himself after opening fire at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in the northern Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills.

“As far as 'why,' I don't know,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.

An 8-year-old boy and his 39-year-old mother remained in critical condition Sunday, the Detroit Free Press reported. The other seven victims were in less serious condition, according to emergency services.

Bouchard said Nash “suffered from mental health issues” that authorities were not aware of before the shooting.

Nash opened fire at the water park around 5 p.m., shooting indiscriminately at people cooling off on a summer Saturday, police said. Investigators recovered 28 bullet casings and a 9mm Glock at the scene. gun. Nash likely reloaded several times during his rampage, police said.

“People were falling and getting hit and trying to run,” Bouchard said. “Terrible things that all of us, unfortunately, in our law enforcement activities, have seen far too much of.”

After the shooting, Nash dropped his gun and went to the home he shared with his mother, authorities said. He committed suicide inside the residence, alongside another handgun and a semi-automatic rifle. Investigators speculated that Nash may have initially planned a “second chapter” of the rampage.

“He’s a loner. The blinds are always drawn there,” neighbor Kyleen Duchene told the Detroit News.

Nash had no criminal history, cops said. He also had no connection to the water park or any of the victims.

“Our understanding is that he was suffering from mental health issues, but no one that we know of was informed,” Bouchard said.

The shooting in Rochester Hills was one of several violent incidents across the country over the weekend. In Round Rock, Texas, two people were killed and at least six others injured when gunfire erupted during a Juneteenth celebration Saturday evening.

And early Sunday morning in Massachusetts, seven young people were injured in a shooting at a party in the town of Methuen.

The Rochester Hills shooting occurred about 15 miles from Oxford High School, where student Ethan Crumbley fatally shot four people in November 2021.

“We’ve been through so much tragedy,” Bouchard said. “We don’t even fully understand what happened at Oxford. And, you know, we're now faced with another total tragedy that we're dealing with.

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