"Long-Standing Disagreement" Ends Violently

"Farmington Hills, MI - Shocked family members are questioning why a 56-year-old Farmington Hills man shot his son-in-law in the head before killing himself Wednesday at a city apartment complex, according to police.

"The man and his 35-year-old son-in-law had experienced disagreements, Farmington Hills Police Lt. Dave Stasch said this morning. But the man’s daughter – the murder victim’s wife – never anticipated the issues would lead to the tragedy that unfolded just after 7 p.m. Wednesday.

"`There was a long-standing disagreement with the father-in-law and her husband, but they were still on speaking terms and no one expected this,` Stasch said.

"The shooting took place at 7:15 p.m. in the couple’s first-floor unit in the Strawberry Lane Apartments on Middlebelt south of 12 Mile. The daughter was at her parents’ home with her mother when her father drove off to her apartment, Stasch said.

"`He left the home, but there was no argument, no disagreement, no inkling this was going to happen,` Stasch said.

"But residents at the complex heard shots ring out at 7:15 p.m. in the apartment, where police discovered the two men with gunshot wounds to the head, he said, adding that the couple has at least one child, but no one else was at the apartment during the shooting."

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