(CNN) -- An anti-abortion activist was fatally shot Friday outside a high school in Owosso, Michigan, while another man was found shot dead in a business outside town in what appears to be a related incident, authorities said.
A suspect, identified only as a 33-year-old Owosso man, has been taken into custody, Owosso Police Chief Michael Compeau said.
Jim Pouillon, 63, an anti-abortion activist well-known in the area, was protesting across the street from Owosso High School about 7:20 a.m. when several shots were fired from a passing vehicle, killing him, Compeau said.
Several people witnessed the shooting, and one was able to provide a license number, he said.
"Owosso police officers, about one hour later, were able to locate the suspect at his residence," he said.
"At the time of his arrest, the suspect made statements that he was involved in another homicide in Shiawassee County the same day," he said.
Shiawassee County Sheriff George Braidwood said a call had come into a 911 dispatch center about 8:17 a.m. saying that an employee at Fuoss Gravel outside of Owosso had discovered the owner, Mike Fuoss, "apparently deceased."
He was a victim of "multiple gunshot wounds," Braidwood said.
Authorities believe that Fuoss and the suspect knew each other, Braidwood said.
The Owosso school district went into immediate lockdown after the shooting outside the high school, Compeau said, until the suspect was in custody.
The high school's administration notified parents of the shooting and offered them the option of picking up their children, he said. All after-school activities were canceled, he added.
Owosso, a city of about 15,000 people, is about 25 miles west of Flint, Michigan.
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