Tresa Baldas

Detroit Free Press

Detroit police are investigating a triple homicide that happened on the city's west side this morning when a gunman showed up at a house, kicked in the door and fatally shot two men and a woman.

The victims are a 43-year-old woman, a 61-year-old man and a 23-year-old man.

DPD spokesperson Nicole Kirkwood said police have a suspect in custody at a local hospital, where the alleged gunman sought medical attention after getting shot himself. He is 21-25 years old.

It is not known if the gunman and the victims knew each other, or if it was random.

Kirkwood said the shooting happened shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday on the 16000 block of Rutherford. A gunman kicked in the door and opened fire, killing three people. As the gunman tried to leave the house, a fourth person inside the home had a gun and got into a shootout with the intruder. That fourth individual — a 27-year-old male — also was injured and hospitalized. He is in stable condition, police said.

The suspect fled the scene in a gold 2004 Chevrolet Cobalt, Kirkwood said. He was arrested at a local hospital, where he is in stable condition.

If you have any information pertaining to the shooting, call Crime Stoppers at 800-SPEAKUP (800-773-2587).

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