{"id":324703,"date":"2026-05-20T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324703\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:31:52","slug":"ann-arbor-man-accused-of-shooting-victim-in-front-of-child-during-oakland-county-carjacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324703\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Arbor man accused of shooting victim in front of child during Oakland County carjacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1i7gmc9csc6wcenx.jpg\" alt=\"Woman shot during random Oakland County carjacking\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/video\/fmc-nm8dyzsntbyfg3ug\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman shot during random Oakland County carjacking<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">A random shooting and carjacking rocked what the Oakland County sheriff described as &#8220;a quiet community&#8221; on Tuesday evening. According to authorities, a suspect shot a woman in front of her child before speeding off in her vehicle in Orion Township.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) &#8211; A suspect shot a woman in front of her young son during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/carjacking-suspect-randomly-targeted-mother-shot-her-before-stealing-car-orion-township\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">carjacking Tuesday evening in Orion Township<\/a>, according to the Oakland County sheriff.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It happened around 5:45 p.m. in the parking lot of Baldwin Commons near I-75.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The victim was with her son outside a Panera Bread at the shopping plaza when authorities say the 25-year-old suspect from Ann Arbor approached her. There was a confrontation before the suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the woman. He then took her keys and sped away in her vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Using drones and license plate readers, authorities located the stolen vehicle about 17 miles away in Groveland Township. There was a brief chase before the suspect crashed and was arrested.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The woman who was shot suffered a gunshot wound to the hip. She underwent surgery and is expected to be OK.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Details about the suspect are unknown, but FOX 2 has learned that he is currently on probation for assault with intent to do great bodily harm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">More is expected to be revealed about him when he is arraigned Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Though the shooting was random, Sheriff Michael Bouchard called it an isolated incident. He is using this shooting and carjacking in an area with little crime as a reminder to always stay aware of your surroundings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;This is a very safe, quiet community,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Bad things can happen to good people anywhere, and it&#8217;s just important for all of us to be aware of that and be situationally aware.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This information is from the Oakland County sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/us\/mi\/oakland-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woman shot during random Oakland County carjacking A random shooting and carjacking rocked what the Oakland County sheriff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2042,249,100,143,904,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-324703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-mi","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}