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MSP: Man walks up to Michigan couple sitting in backyard, fatally shoots 57-year-old woman

BARODA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - State police are investigating after a 57-year-old Berrien County woman was fatally shot, by a man she knew, while she and her husband were sitting in their backyard Sunday afternoon. 

UPDATE: Michigan man arrested for fatally shooting woman found dead in jail cell

The incident happened at about 2:10 p.m. at a home in the 2100 block of Russell Road in Baroda Township.

The victim was sitting on her patio in her backyard with her husband when the suspect, a 60-year-old Stevensville man, who both of them knew, stopped by their house. 

Police say without any visible provocation, the suspect pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot the woman. 

The woman's husband disarmed the suspect after a brief struggle. The suspect then immediately left and drove away from the home.

Authorities located and arrested the suspect, identified as 60-year-old David Mabry.

Mabry was arraigned Monday for open murder and a weapons charge. He is lodged at the Berrien County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing. 

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