Witness recounts shooting near Pittsfield Township bus stop that killed 28-year-old man

A shooting took place in the driveway of this home on Rockport Court in Pittsfield Township.

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A 28-year-old man was killed, and officers arrested the suspected shooter at the Rockport Court home when they arrived, said Matt Harshberger, the township's public safety director.

The names of the victim and suspect were not released as of 11:30 a.m. Harshberger said police are still trying to notify the victim's relatives. The victim did not live at the home, but the suspect did, Harshberger said.

It was the township's first homicide this year.

A witness who would not agree to be identified because she fears for her safety said she heard six gunshots.

She was parked in a sport utility vehicle at the intersection of Rockport Court and Cook Creek Drive as the kindergarten through 5th-grade students were waiting for the bus to take them to Lawton Elementary School. Her two boys were in the group.

The woman said she waited for the bus to arrive when a small gray car pulled up in front of a house directly across the street. A young man in his 20s got out, she said.

"It was weird because (the car) was still running," she said.

He walked up to the house, and another man walked out of the garage. They shook hands and were standing in the driveway, she said. The garage door went down. She looked away for a moment.

"All of the sudden I heard two shots," she said. "And I turned and I looked and I saw the man who came out of the house and he was pointing the gun."

The man was pointing the gun at the driver's side of a sport utility vehicle parked in the driveway, she said. She heard four more shots.

Several children ran. She called 911.

"I yelled at my kids to get in the car," she said.

The shooter put a gun "into his pants," then casually walked up to the house, she said.

"As I was on 911, someone came onto our call, another operator and said, 'I have the shooter on the phone and he just shot somebody, and they're dead," she said.

The woman, concerned for the safety of other children, did not leave the bus stop until all of the children got onto the bus, she said.

Holyszko said it's a safe neighborhood. "We all know each other for the most part. All the kids play together. You just don't believe that could happen."

The case will be forwarded to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's office tomorrow for review for possible criminal charges.

Ann Arbor Public Schools Superintendent Todd Roberts said counselors were being made available to speak to the students.

Of the students at the bus stop, some reported seeing the gun being fired, while others said they heard gunshots, according to district spokeswoman Liz Margolis.

A social worker has met with those students, Margolis said. Families of all Lawton Elementary and Slauson Middle School students are being contacted about the incident, school officials said.

Buses will not be dropping students off this afternoon near the home where the shooting occurred to allow police to continue their investigation, officials said.

AnnArbor.com education reporter David Jesse contributed to this story.