Here's how you can help benefit the health, education, and welfare of Patrick O'Rourke's family.
Like thousands throughout Metro Detroit last week, Suzy Modiano was stunned by news reports that Patrick O'Rourke, a West Bloomfield Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty. While watching television news all day from the Yoz Yogurt outlet on Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield which she owns with her husband, Sonny, less than three miles away from where the incident occurred, Suzy said that her first thoughts were with O'Rourke's family. The Modianos decided to hold a fundraiser to benefit O'Rourke's three elementary school-age daughters and infant son, and his widow, Amy. They'll be open special hours on Oct. 3, from 3 p.m.-9 p.m., and the entire day's sales from both Yoz Yogurt outlets in West Bloomfield will be donated to a …
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Ricky Nelson Coley, suspect in the death of an officer, was found dead at his home after a lengthy standoff with police.
UPDATE: 5:17 p.m., Sept. 11 Preliminary reports by West Bloomfield Police indicate that a man suspected of killing an officer Sunday night died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday. Police announced about 6 p.m. Monday that Ricky Nelson Coley, 50, was seen motionless in bed after a 15-hour standoff with police. Coley is suspected of killing Officer Patrick O'Rourke on Sunday night as police responded to reports of shots fired at the home on the 4500 block of Forest Edge in West Bloomfield. The Oakland County Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death as a gunshot wound through the mouth. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard described an early inventory of weaponry available to Coley as "heavy" — with multiple knives, handguns, a …
EclecticCitizen
1:29 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
I agree, Cherry. This is a very tragic event-for BOTH those men and their families. more ›