Couple hit by gunfire as they shielded daughters in Rochester Hills splash pad shooting

(Detroit Free Press) Micayla and Eric Coughlin and their young daughters were at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills on Saturday for less than a minute when a gunman pulled up in a vehicle and fired at least 28 rounds at the families gathered there.

They had just gotten ice cream, according to a GoFundMe page created for the Coughlins by a family friend. When they heard the gunfire, they grabbed their daughters, ages 2 and 7 months, to protect them. They succeeded.

But in the process, the Coughlins were shot a total of seven times and remain hospitalized, according to the GoFundMe account posted by family friend Noel Wakul. The GoFundMe account was verified by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

The Coughlins were among nine people shot by the gunman, identified by police as Michael William Nash, 42, of Shelby Township. Authorities described the scene as chaotic — people were scrambling, falling and getting hit by bullets as they tried to run; ice cream cones and flip flops were covered in blood. ................(more)

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