Overview

• Riley Donaldson, 22, is charged with first-degree murder and felony firearms in the Oct. 5 shooting of her mother, Ada Mae Simmons-Jones, and is being held without bond following an Oct. 10 arraignment.
• Southfield police released timestamped home security video and body-worn camera footage showing the arrest as they continue building the case.
• Investigators say the killing appears connected to a dispute over custody of Donaldson’s 3-year-old daughter, who was in the home and is now in family care.
• Police say Donaldson left a purse with identifying items at the scene before fleeing; shell casings were recovered and ballistics testing is underway, with the gun believed to have been discarded during her drive.
• Donaldson was arrested Oct. 6 in a Detroit CVS parking lot; three men detained with her were released, and the police chief said the act was planned and that she has no prior criminal history.