Nightclub Security Guard Will Not Be Charged In Deadly Oakland County Shooting: Police

SOUTHFIELD, MI — A security guard who shot and killed an armed woman outside an Oakland County nightclub last weekend will not be charged, according to police.

The shooting happened at 2:35 a.m. last Saturday in the parking lot of Bloom Southfield in Southfield, according to police.

Police said the incident started as a domestic fight involving several people in the parking lot. They said a 33-year-old Detroit woman got into a fight with her sister's husband, and her sister suffered a head injury.

The fight escalated when the 33-year-old woman then got into a fight with her brother-in-law's sister, a 36-year-old Detroit woman, who also suffered a head injury, according to police.

Security from the nightclub then intervened and began assisting the 36-year-old who had a head injury, according to police.

As security was helping the injured woman, witnesses told police the 33-year-old woman said "I'm going to kill you."

The 33-year-old woman began walking toward the security guard while holding an object believed to be a knife, according to police.

The security guard pulled out his gun and told the woman to back away, according to police.

He then determined the object was a wrench and attempted to put away his gun, according to police.

The woman dropped the wrench and pulled out a handgun and approached the security guard, according to police.

Witnesses told police she then raised the handgun to her chest while standing 1 to 2 feet away from the security guard. That's when the man shot the woman six times, according to police.

She was taken to a nearby hospital where she died, according to police.

The 36-year-old woman, who was injured in the fight earlier, was inadvertently struck in the leg, according to police.

She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Officers recovered the security guard and the woman's firearms, both 9mm handguns, according to police.

Police said the security guard is not a police officer and prosecutors declined to bring charges. They said the investigation is complete.