YPSILANTI, MI - Renovations for a new ice cream shop in Ypsilanti have paused after a car crashed into the building and caught fire.

A car crashed into 418 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, before catching fire inside the building, said Lizbeth Schmidt with the Ypsilanti Fire Department. Fire also spread into the building, Schmidt said.

Ypsilanti police had been responding to a complaint of shots fired in the 600 block of Pearl Street when they learned a black SUV had fled the area and crashed into the building, police said in a release.

The man was located near the crash and arrested, police said. Charges have been submitted to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office.

Damage to the building has delayed sweeter plans, though.

Nicholas Arreola, owner of

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