Detroit ? A man was arrested Thursday after a series of shootings that left two people dead and three others wounded within a span of 10 minutes.

All the shootings were in a three- to four-block area on the city’s west side, Detroit police spokesman James Tate said. The shootings were believed to be random, police said.

Killed were Arthur James Smith, 49, and Othelia Fry, 58, both of Detroit, police spokeswoman Yvette Walker said.

Fry was shot as she sat in a vehicle in front of a day-care facility, Tate said.

Smith and a man identified by the Detroit Free Press as Elton Ash, 51, were shot minutes later about a block away. Shortly afterward, Dennis Anderson, 49, was wounded in his back yard and James L. Brown, 50, also was shot, the newspaper reported on its Web site.

The three wounded men were hospitalized Thursday with injuries that police said were not considered life-threatening.

Police arrested the suspect Thursday afternoon at a house about a half-mile from the shootings, The Detroit News reported on its Web site.