3 Dead, Including 10-Year-Old Boy, After Domestic Dispute In Woodhaven

WOODHAVEN (WWJ/AP) - Three people including a child are dead following a domestic dispute at a Wayne County apartment complex.

Police say a 54-year-old man, a 49-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds after officers responded Monday night to the Marsh Creek Village apartments, on Van Horn near I-75, in Woodhaven.

Police had received several reports of a domestic dispute and gunshots on a playground at the complex at around 7:45 p.m.

WWJ's Charlie Langton reports the woman killed was the shooter's fiancée and the boy was her grandson. Police are investigating the case as a double murder and suicide, saying no suspect is being sought.

"I was a little bit nervous because we weren't sure what exactly happened," said apartment resident Sarah Gudice. "But, I mean, once we figured out that it wasn't somebody that was on the run it made me feel a little bit safer."

Names of those involved weren't immediately released by police. However, friends and neighbors identified the victims as Christopher Balze and his grandmother, Sherry Multop.

On her way to school, 12-year-old Maya Knox spoke about the boy to WWJ's Charlie Langton alongside her father.

"He came outside and he used to always like play with the kids. He knew my little sister Malia and we were nice to him and stuff," she said.

Authorities, which had cleared the scene by morning, say a handgun was recovered and the investigation is ongoing.

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