Dearborn Heights Police Shooting: Rifle-Wielding Suspect Killed

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI — State police are investigating after a local police officer in Dearborn Heights shot and killed a man holding a long gun. Dearborn Heights police were called to Telegraph Road around 3:30 a.m. Saturday for a report of a distraught woman.

Arriving officers instead found a man wielding a bolt-action rifle, said Lt. Michael Shaw, a spokesman for Michigan State Police. The man and officer exchanged words. Dispatcher audio indicates the officer thought the man was pointing the weapon at police. The officer then opened fire on the man.

No one else was hurt in the shooting.

The suspect sis a 38-year-old Redford Township man who might have mental health problems, Shaw says.

"Talking with the family, there is something there, nothing diagnosed or professional, but we know that he has issues he’s relayed to his father, about hearing voices, things like that," Shaw said.

The office, who has been with the department for less than five years, has been placed on administrative leave.

The names of the officer and suspect weren't immediately released.

The distraught woman hasn't been found but she was seen on video.

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