Quadruple shooting on Detroit's west side may be gang related, police say

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DETROIT (WXYZ) - Detroit Police are trying to solve a quadruple shooting that has left one man dead. And the three other victims were not being cooperative, says Detroit Police.
The shooting happened Sunday around 8:50 pm. outside of a home on Stanton near Antoinette on Detroit's west side.
We're told there was a small groups of friends hanging out when a car drove up and at least one person inside that vehicle opened fire.
The four victims were all men in their late twenties, early thirties. We're told the man who died from his injuries was 27-years-old.
Detroit Police say there is as a "gang nexus" to the case and so they are investigating the possibility that the shooting was gang related.

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