Overview
- Police conducted a welfare check around 4:25 p.m. on Dec. 31 at a home on the 800 block of E. Summit Street after the victim’s girlfriend reported she couldn’t reach him.
- Officers forced entry and found a 26-year-old man dead with injuries described as consistent with a violent attack.
- A 29-year-old Sterling Heights resident was taken into custody in connection with the case and is being held at the Oakland County Jail.
- Chief Scott Tarasiewicz said the killing does not appear random, and investigators believe the victim and attacker knew each other.
- The suspect has not been arraigned or publicly identified, the motive remains unclear, and detectives ask anyone with information to call 248-684-1815.