Washington, Feb 21 (EFE; additional reporting by The Costa Rica Star).– Michigan police on Sunday arrested the prime suspect in a series of shootings in the city of Kalamazoo that killed at least six people and wounded two others.

Kalamazoo resident Jason Dalton, 45, was arrested in a search and capture operation on Sunday morning, Lt. Dale Hinz told the daily Kalamazoo Gazette.

The shootings started about 6 p.m. on Saturday and were staged in three spots around the city of 320,000 located 220 km (136 mi.) west of Detroit.

“This is your worst nightmare. When you have somebody just driving around randomly killing people,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said, adding that there appears to be no connection among the shootings.

Initially, police announced that a 14-year-old girl had also died in the shooting rampage, but they later said that she had been critically wounded.

The first shooting took place in the parking lot of an apartment complex where a woman was struck by four bullets.

The victim, who was seriously injured, was with three children at the time.

Shortly thereafter, two people were killed at a car dealership, and later the shooter gunned down four other people riding in two cars near the local Cracker Barrel restaurant. EFE

A television news station in Grand Rapids interviewed a man from who used the Uber private transportation app on the night of the shootings, and he said the suspected shooter picked him up.

The rider in question was visiting from Indianapolis, and he was with his family at the time. It so happened that he decided to get an Uber ride after watching news about the shootings.

The aforementioned Uber ride concluded without incident, and the suspect calmly drove off.

In Costa Rica, Uber has been the subject of much controversy due to its illegal status as a transportation service.