DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. — Two people were fatally shot and the suspected gunman was also killed Saturday afternoon at a Michigan apartment complex, authorities said.
According to WXYZ, family members said the gunman killed his 67-year-old mother and 33-year-old sister at Cherry Hill Apartments in Dearborn Heights. The man then fired at officers at the scene and was killed when police returned fire, the Michigan State Police said. There were no other injuries, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Police confirmed Saturday night that the shootings began around 2:30 p.m. as a domestic incident, WDIV reported.
Homicide Investigation: On 8/29 at approximately 2 30 PM @DearbornHts police responded to Yorkshire Street in Dearborn Heights for a shooting that had occurred or was on going. Preliminary investigation revealed that one suspect shot and killed two people. pic.twitter.com/3wuaM9mVfr
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) August 29, 2020
While police have not officially named the victims, family members identified them as Hazel Walker, 67, and Danni Walker, 33, WXYZ reported. The gunman and the victims lived in the same apartment, the television station reported.
“I was talking to (Hazel) before all this happened,” Mattie Dunlap, the woman’s sister, told WXYZ. “She was a part of me. I miss her.”
“Danni was the love of everbody’s life. Everyone she met, she touched their heart.”
The victims are a mother and daughter.
— Rudy Harper (@RudyHarperWXYZ) August 29, 2020
The shooter is the son and brother, according to the family.
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Patches McCullough, 30, a neighbor at the apartment complex, said he was with his 5- and 7-year-old daughters when he saw the gunman with an AK-47 on the back balcony of the apartment, the Free Press reported.
“It was like something out of a movie, you don’t see nothing like that in Dearborn Heights,” McCullough told the newspaper. “I’m from the east side. I was more worried about my kids, they’re everything to me.”
McCullough told WDIV he tried to talk the gunman into putting his weapon down.
“I’m looking and I’m like, ‘Come on, man. My kids are behind the door,’” McCullough told the television station. “‘Listen man, we don’t want to do this.’”
Officers from Dearborn Heights, Dearborn, Inkster and the state police were at the scene, the Free Press reported. Police said there is currently no threat but officers will remain in the area throughout the evening.
The case remains under investigation.
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