Crime & Safety
Ex-Marine Faces Murder Charges After ‘Dog Fight’ Escalates
Details are sketchy about the dispute, which resulted in the death of a 45-year-old Walled Lake resident.
Oakland County authorities expect to arraign a 28-year-old ex-Marine from Walled Lake on murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed his 45-year-old neighbor in a dispute over a dog Tuesday night.
“We’re looking at a homicide,” Walled lake Police Chief Paul Shakinas told the Detroit Free Press. “There was an altercation, and during the altercation, the 45-year-old was shot and was pronounced dead at Huron Valley Hospital a short time.”
Police aren’t saying much about how the encounter escalated to the point that shots were fired about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the victim’s home on Sigma in the vicinity of West Maple and Pontiac Trail.
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No one else was involved.
Neither the alleged shooter, who reportedly lives down the street from the victim, nor the victim has been named. Police took the suspect into custody without incident.
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