Wheelchair-bound man is killed and five other people are shot in ‘targeted’ drive-by at Detroit banquet hall
- Lorenzo Gaines, 30, died after he was shot at Chalmers banquet hall on Tuesday
- Police officers were called to the hall in Detroit at approximately 2am
- Police say they have a suspect, 30, who has not been named, in custody
- Gaines was paralysed and used a wheelchair after a previous shooting
- Two more men and three women were also shot, with injuries not believed to be life-threatening
A wheelchair user was killed after six people were shot in a drive-by at a banquet hall in Detroit.
The attack in the early hours of Tuesday morning is thought to be targeted, police said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.
Police say they have a suspect, 30, who has not been named, in custody and are actively looking for another.
Lorenzo Gaines, 30, died from his injuries following the drive-by shooting. He was paralysed and used a wheelchair after a previous shooting, Fox 2 reported.
Lorenzo Gaines, 30, was killed after six people were shot in a drive-by at a banquet hall in Detroit. He was paralysed and used a wheelchair after a previous shooting
The victim's family members said he was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire, but interim Detroit Police Chief James White said the victim was targeted.
Out of 100 people gathering at the time of the gunfire at 2am, five more people were injured in the shooting - two men and three women, whose injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Chalmers banquet hall, which is on the east side of Detroit, has not had a proper license to do business since at least 2013 and the police are currently in the process of shutting it down.
Terrance Hughes, who was DJing the event at the banquet hall, told Fox 2 that Gaines, the father of two young boys, 'would ballroom in his wheelchair, he danced, his wheelchair was his legs.'
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The victim's family members said he was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire, but interim Detroit Police Chief James White said the victim was targeted
Chalmers banquet hall (pictured, general view), which is on the east side of Detroit, has not had a proper license to do business since at least 2013 and the police are currently in the process of shutting it down
He added: '"Play that song again DJ Chubb," that was how he talked.'
Myreo Dixon, who was Gaines's mentor and played wheelchair basketball with him for the better part of 10 years, said: 'He was always smiling, spirit up, energy great.'
He added: 'It's horrible man. It's horrible, the situation man, he was a good dude.'
Six people were shot at the rental hall in March 2015, where one of the victims was killed.
White said that if the business reopens it will need to provide security and notify the Detroit Police Department when it has large groups of people.
Terrance Hughes, who was DJing the event, said that Gaines would 'ballroom in his wheelchair' while Myreo Dixon, who played wheelchair basketball with the father-of-two, remembered him as 'always smiling'
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