UPDATE: Police identify 2 of 3 teens charged in ‘random’ murder

DEARBORN, MI - Three teens are in police custody after a “totally random” murder and spate of robberies in Dearborn, according to authorities.

Saja Al Janabi, 29, of Dearborn, was shot during an apparent robbery while sitting in a vehicle outside her family’s home on Bingham Street around 9:52 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, according to a news release from the Dearborn Police Department and a Fox2 report.

It was the second of three connected incidents in the area that evening, according to police.

While police believe the crimes were all connected, they were also all “totally random,” said Chief Ron Haddad said during a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 12, Fox2 reports.

“[Saja] was an innocent victim; it was a random crime and if I were in that car, or if you were in that car, it would’ve happened to me,” he said during the press conference, according to Fox2. “It had nothing to do with anything.”

The three male suspects are 17, 14 and 13 years old. The 17-year-old is being treated as an adult while the others are considered juveniles, according to the release. Police have not released their names.

The suspects were taken into custody over the course of several days with the help of the Detroit Police Department and federal agencies, according to the release. Detroit police made an arrest in the case after a high-speed chase on Saturday, Sept. 7.

Around 9:40 p.m. on Sept. 6, police received a call about an armed robbery on the 7000 block of Steadman Street, according to the release. As officers responded, there was a call for the shooting of Al Janabi about 13 blocks away on Bingham.

Al Janabi was rushed to a hospital where she later died from her wounds, police said.

The first victim, an elderly woman, was unharmed but had been robbed at gunpoint by two males who fled on foot.

Her purse was later recovered in Detroit, according to Fox2.

While officers and detectives combed the area of the robbery and shooting for clues, witness and surveillance video, a male resident of Bingham reported that the suspects fired at least one shot at him while fleeing the area on foot, according to the release. No one was injured in the incident.

Surveillance systems at multiple homes in the area captured parts of each incident and helped identify a suspect vehicle that was later stopped by Detroit police officers after a high-speed chase, police said.