Overview
- A 67-year-old woman called 911 to report an altercation with her son on Sept. 5 and officers left after they could not legally force entry into the quiet, shuttered home.
- Officers returned at about 3:15 a.m. on Sept. 6 and found the woman shot to death inside the Sixth Street residence.
- Investigators used Flock license-plate readers and phone pings to follow the victim’s car into Toledo and a Toledo officer located the vehicle around 10 a.m. on Sept. 6.
- As Michigan detectives moved to arrest the 41-year-old son, he shot himself and died at the scene, and subsequent ballistics testing matched a handgun found with him to shell casings at the Wyandotte scene.
- Wyandotte police are withholding names, say the investigation remains active, and note the Sept. 5 emergency response—when officers lacked legal grounds to force entry—is under scrutiny while detectives seek tips from the public.