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A Rochester Hills couple with two young children were among the nine victims shot at a splash pad in the city, according to a GoFundMe set up by a friend of the family.
Micayla and Eric Coughlin had just arrived at the splash pad with their two children, ages 2 and 7 months, when they heard gunfire, according to the GoFundMe. They each grabbed a child to protect them and were shot seven times in all.
A pregnant woman and her 8-year-old son were also shot, according to a GoFundMe set up by the woman’s husband, Kyle Thompson.
The boy was shot in the face and is “fighting for his life,” according to the GoFundMe. Thompson’s wife, who was 29 weeks pregnant, lost the baby.
In total, nine people were shot Saturday after a gunman got out of a vehicle and unloaded 28 gunshots from a handgun in a “random” act at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad along Auburn Road in Rochester Hills.
All remain alive, Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter said at a press conference Sunday morning.
Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett said one of the victims is the wife of a city employee.
She was there with 14 family members and friends, three of whom were hit by bullets, he said.
She has a broken arm and a bullet wound in her abdomen, Barnett said.
