Three dead in Metro Detroit mall shootings in eight days: What we know

Three people are dead and at least two others wounded after shootings broke out at Metro Detroit shopping malls just eight days apart.

The shootings all involved young adults, ages 19-22, who carried weapons, at least one lawfully.

At Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills on Saturday, a Pontiac man was killed and a woman injured in the food court after an altercation that occurred in a bathroom rekindled in the food court.

In Dearborn, Cameron Watkins and Keonte Seaborn, both 19 and of Detroit, were killed on July 3 at Fairlane Town Center after a July 3 altercation involving three others.

Keianna Hundley, Keonte’s mother, decried the violence that took her son just two years after he graduated from high school.

“Seeing him walk across the stage with a big smile meant everything to me,” Hundley said. “I don’t wish the pain I feel on any parent.”

Great Lakes Crossing mall shooting Saturday

Auburn Hills police said they were patrolling Great Lakes Crossing Outlets at about 5:20 p.m. when they received reports of shots fired in the food court.

A 22-year-old Detroit man and a 20-year-old Pontiac man had an altercation inside the food court restroom at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets earlier. After 5 p.m. Saturday, the Pontiac man, then with another individual, saw and attacked the Detroit man, who had a license to carry a concealed weapon.

The Detroit man fired on the Pontiac man, killing him and wounding a 19-year-old woman who was not identified, according to Auburn Hills police. The Detroit man was taken into custody and was cooperating with authorities but has not been identified by police.

The shooting sent shoppers scurrying for the exits and the mall was closed for the remainder of the day.

Fairlane shopping mall shooting July 3

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Police update on fatal shooting at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn

Police update on fatal shooting at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn on Friday afternoon, July 3, 2026.

Early in the afternoon of July 3, several young adults were involved in an altercation at the mall.

Prosecutors determined that Watkins and Seaborn both produced weapons.

Watkins shot Seaborn with the weapon he took from the purse of another person linked to the shooting, Cania Cain, and then continued to “shoot recklessly in the public mall,” officials said. A fourth person, Martinez Long, 19, then shot Watkins, prosecutors allege. Long was arraigned Tuesday in Dearborn’s 19th District Court on one count of carrying a concealed weapon.

Watkins’ death was determined to be a shooting in self defense and no charges were authorized for the homicide

The chaos sent shoppers running for the exits, and one person was struck by a vehicle during the scramble to flee, Police Chief Issa Shahin said.

“Senseless gun violence continues to plague communities across the country,” Shahin said earlier this week. “We are saddened by this entirely preventable tragedy but have to reiterate: We will expend all resources to keep our city safe and hold individuals responsible for dangerous behavior.”