DETROIT (WXYZ) - Detroit police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the mass shooting at an illegal after-hours club that left three dead and four others injured over the weekend.

Detorit Police Chief Todd Bettison commended the Homicide Task Force, officers and the community for their actions.

 When people share what they know, it helps our investigators identify those responsible, gather the evidence necessary to build strong cases and ultimately hold violent offenders accountable,  Chief Bettison said in a statement.

On Friday, the suspect was identified as 25-year-old Christopher Rafael Gouch of Detroit. The three victims who were killed were identified as Ansley Harris Jr., 45, and Donahvan Gray, 36, both of Detroit, and Kevin Scott, 63, of Belleville.

Gouch is charged with three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of assault with intent to murder and seven counts of felony firearm.

7 News Detroit learned this week that Detroit's Building Department has issued a notice of code violations against the Prest Street house where the shooting happened Sunday morning, and a source says police were on the verge of raiding the property before the violence erupted.

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Three dead, four injured in Detroit west side shooting at unlicensed after-hours strip club

The shooting happened just after 7:20 a.m. Sunday at the house on Prest near Eaton. Police say the property was operating as an unlicensed after-hours strip club. The Detroit Police Department received seven calls for service at the house this year alone.

The property owner has 15 days to respond to the code violation notice.

Detroit police now say they will be stepping up enforcement efforts for illegal after-hours establishments.

Teferi Brent with the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety says the escalation on Sunday started over something trivial.

 What's happening in our community that two young ladies, two beautiful young ladies get into a fight over a cell phone that then compels them to possibly engage some male friends to come out and then t

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