(WXYZ) — One person is dead and another critically injured after a domestic violence shooting incident outside of the Detroit Marriott Southfield this morning, Southfield police say.
Police say they believe the victim’s ex-boyfriend tracked her and her new boyfriend to the hotel.
According to police, the suspect waited in the parking lot and opened fire on both of them around 9:24 a.m., shooting them multiple times.
Police say the 41-year-old woman died from her injuries. The 41-year-old man was also shot and is currently in critical condition.
According to police, the suspect fled the scene and a search began. They tracked him to a home in Warren, where police say he changed cars into a Camaro and then fled to the City of Detroit.
Southfield Police Chief Elvin V. Barren said officers with the department's tactical crime suppression unit tried to box the suspect in while they were driving, and the suspect had the top down on the Camaro.
Barren said officers saw the suspect reach for the assault rifle, and they shot and killed the suspect.
"It appears he did not fire the weapon but reached for it. We know what an assault rifle can do and we know what he had already done," Barren said.
