Overview
- Southfield officers say a domestic assault earlier on Christmas Day preceded a nighttime shootout at the Riverstone Apartments that left a 30-year-old Detroit man and a 20-year-old Madison Heights man dead.
- The 23-year-old woman told police she was slapped, strangled, and kicked but did not call 911, instead summoning a friend whose boyfriend arrived carrying a 9mm handgun.
- Police report the 30-year-old forced entry later, wrested control of an AR-15, and exchanged gunfire with the 20-year-old; both men were taken to hospitals and later died.
- The woman suffered a gunshot wound to her thumb after the boyfriend, struck multiple times, fired at her; a 3-year-old in the apartment was uninjured and was reunited with his biological mother.
- Names have not been released, the investigation remains active, and the ATF is reviewing the purchase of the AR-15, including whether it may have involved a straw buyer.