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A 14-year-old girl wounded during the shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Mich., was declared brain-dead and about to have her organs harvested when she suddenly showed signs of life, according to a new report Monday. Michigan State Police Lt. Dale Hinz told ABC that the girl's family said Bronson Methodist Hospital was preparing to remove the girl's organs for donation when she squeezed her distraught mom's hand. The girl squeezed her mother's hand again when the mom asked if her daughter could hear her, Hinz said. She also gave thumbs-up signs with both hands when a doctor asked her to give...

Six people were killed and two others wounded in a series of random shootings in Michigan Saturday evening, police said. A 14-year-old girl was shot and very seriously injured. Authorities earlier said that she'd died. Jason Brian Dalton, 45, was taken into custody early Sunday and was being questioned over shootings at three different locations in Kalamazoo County, police said.

President Obama called local officials in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Monday morning to pledge federal resources for their probe of a mass shooting, and said the tragedy highlights the need for more gun laws. "Clearly we're going to need to do more if we're going to keep innocent Americans safe," Mr. Obama told the nation's governors at a White House meeting. "I've got to assume that all of you are just as tired as I am of seeing this stuff happen in your states." Mr. Obama said he took executive actions on gun control earlier this year "that will make it harder...

CNN)Police have arrested Jason Brian Dalton in connection with three shooting incidents that killed six people and injured two more in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday. "This is just the most awful thing I can think of," Getting said at a press conference held to announce the arrest of Dalton, 45, and to reassure the community that there is no longer a threat.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the suspect in a deadly shooting spree in Kalamazoo as 45-year-old Jason Dalton. Police, and the Kalamazoo Crime Lab are searching a house ...

Originally from Associated Press, so link only..Six people are dead and three injured.

A woman was taken to the hospital after she was shot several times in Kalamazoo on Saturday. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Deputies are investigating after a woman is shot multiple times around 6 p.m. at the Meadows Townhomes off of G Ave. The woman was taken to the hospital and her condition is unknown, but witnesses said she was shot three times. Police do not have anyone in custody and police said that a suspect was involved in a crash shortly after leaving the area. Deputies are still investigating and believe the suspect vehicle is a light colored SUV. Police said...

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Police are responding to shots fired at OP Avenue and 6th Street in Texas Township, near the Cracker Barrel. There is police involvement at the scene, Kalamazoo County undersheriff says. Unclear is cops or possible suspect opened fire. ----- TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) Police in Kalamazoo County are searching for a suspect who is randomly shooting people, at least six have been killed........

We had several shootings tonight in the county and in the city of Kalamazoo. They all appear to be related. We have multiple people dead,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told 24 Hour News 8. At least six people have been killed in the ongoing series of incidents, Matyas told FOX 17. “We have somebody who is just driving around finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks,” the officer ad