OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. \u2013 A woman is seriously hurt after being shot during a random carjacking outside a shopping plaza in Orion Township.<\/p>\n
The shooting happened at around 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, outside Baldwin Commons Plaza near Baldwin and Brown roads.<\/p>\n
According to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, investigators believe a 25-year-old Ann Arbor man had been sitting outside watching for a victim before targeting the woman, who was walking through the parking lot with her young son.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt looks very random,\u201d Bouchard said. \u201cIt looks like he was sitting here looking for someone that would be his victim to steal their car.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Oakland County Sheriff\u2019s Office is investigating a carjacking that left a woman with a gunshot wound. (Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit – All rights reserved.)Suspect approached woman in parking lot<\/p>\n
According to the sheriff\u2019s office, the man approached the woman in the parking lot, confronted her and shot her before taking her car and driving away.<\/p>\n
Authorities said they immediately issued a broadcast alert for the stolen vehicle and used the department\u2019s FLOCK camera system to track its movements northbound from the scene.<\/p>\n
Multi-unit search leads to arrest in Groveland Township<\/p>\n
Deputies from multiple units, including detectives, the sheriff\u2019s fugitive apprehension team, auto theft investigators, K-9 units, drones, and a helicopter, were deployed to search for the suspect.<\/p>\n
The stolen car was later spotted in Groveland Township, where a brief chase ended after the suspect crashed and fled on foot, Bouchard said. An undercover detective eventually located and arrested the man.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was about an hour and 25 minutes from the time we got the call of the shooting until the handcuffs were on him,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n