FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A Farmington Hills man in his 30s is in custody after police say he killed his grandmother during a domestic dispute at their home Tuesday morning.
Police responded to the home in the 31000 block of Middlebelt Road — located at the entrance of the Franklin Knolls neighborhood near Northwestern Highway — around 7:39 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from inside the residence.
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Farmington Hills Police Chief John Piggott identified the victim as the suspect’s grandmother, who resided at the home with her two grandsons, both of whom were home at the time.
The victim was found unconscious when police arrived and taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. The suspect was reportedly barricaded in one of the bedrooms.
After failing to negotiate with the suspect to get him to surrender, responding officers resorted to breaking the bedroom window and engaging him with PepperBall rounds to get him to comply.
The suspect was reportedly not armed and was taken into custody without incident, Piggott said. The incident is being investigated as a homicide and police are expected to be on scene for several hours as they work to obtain search warrants to process the crime scene.
“At this point we’re receiving conflicting reports as to what caused the injuries,” said Piggott, who called the incident “a senseless crime.”
Identities of the victim and the suspect are not being released at this time.
Local 4 is on the scene. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.