UPDATE: 7:14 pm
New details tonight on the hit-and-run that damaged several cars, and put a hole in the side of Ele's Place. Ele's Place is a center that helps grieving kids cope with the loss of a loved one.
Thursday Lansing police tell us the woman who caused the crash Wednesday, is in a mental-health facility on a petition by family and police. In addition, police told FOX 47 is that a truck driven by a 35-year-old woman was chasing a car driven by her boyfriend.
Investigators say the woman was upset because of a domestic dispute with him and that's what led to the chase. Witnesses we talked to said it was quite the domino effect.
"I saw another car another car another car then Ele's place was hit too, and I can't quite fathom what was going on at the time," said Paul Walworth whose car was hit.
Walworth parks his car in the lot by where Ele's Place was hit. He said he feels like it should be a safe place. But after seeing his car yesterday he said, "it hits home, it's your property that you paid for that you want to make sure is safe."
Mark Terman was sitting in the parking lot and when it happened at first he thought the sound of the cars being hit were gunshots.
"I thought I need to get out of here, put it in drive and went around the block and came back around and by that time other people came running out of the building," said Mark Terman, witness,
The employees at Ele's Place told us it could have been a lot worse.
"Had these occurred about three hours later we would've had about 30-40 families here on site for our program in the evening" said Kate Powers, managing director at Ele's Place.
Lansing police tell us they will be seeking charges. Possibly for reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
We will continue to follow this story and keep you updated as soon as we have more information.
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Lots of unanswered questions Wednesday night as to why a driver smashed into several parked cars and a building in Lansing that afternoon.
FOX 47's Marcus Dash spoke with multiple people who witnessed the incident.
He found out that some locals thought it was gunfire.
Mark Terman was pulling into his parking spot off Oakland Avenue when he thought he heard gunshots, then he says he saw what he thought only happens in movies.
"It was a vehicle smashing other vehicles, turned around to look when a pickup truck chasing a Ford Fusion came through the parking lot at a high rate of speed trying to flee," Terman said.
Paul Walworth's car was hit in the crash. He says he didn't even know it had happened until a co-worker knocked on his office door to alert him.
He said he didn't know what to expect when he walked outside.
"First I saw one car get hit and said 'whoops somebody must have backed into somebody else.' I saw another car, another car, then another car, and Ele's place got hit too. I can't quite fathom what was going on at the time," Walworth said.
According to a witness, the two cars were seen racing through the parking lot, then they drove over a barrier, and smashed right into Ele's Place.
Luckily nobody was inside Ele's.
Kate Powers who works at Ele's Place says things could have been much worse.
Powers says, "Had this occurred three hours later we would have had thirty to forty families here on sight for our programming in the evening, so we are just very grateful that this occurred during the day."
Terman says it all happened so fast that it didn't seem real.
"This one was kind of bizarre, I guess I've never seen a vehicle ram other vehicles like that and keep going, and going and going," Terman said.
An official from Sparrow told me that nobody was hurt.
Officials say about ten cars were damaged in the hit and run rampage.
FOX 47 has made several calls to the Lansing Police Department to try and get more information on what happened.
We have yet to hear back.
We'll let you know as soon as we do.
