SAULT STE. MARIE — Officials have determined the shooting incident that left two dead at a senior living community on Tuesday was a murder-suicide.
Police and fire departments responded to a call at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Wood Creek Manor, a local senior living facility near the Lake Superior State University campus.
When police arrived on scene, an unnamed man, who was a tenant, and an unnamed woman, who was a landlord, were both found in a hallway. They were pronounced dead at the scene due to gunshot wounds.
According to a Sault police press release, their investigation determined that the tenant was involved in a dispute with the landlord before the shooting. Police also determined that the tenant shot and killed the landlord before turning the gun on himself.
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Officials have determined the shooting incident that left two dead at a senior living community in Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 was a murder-suicide.
Police relocated residents of two of the manor’s wings with assistance from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office Victim Services Unit as they conducted their investigation. With the help of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority, residents were moved to Hearthside Assisted Living facility as a temporary gathering place until lodging could be arranged.
The Sault Ste. Marie police and fire departments were assisted by other agencies, including Chippewa County Central Dispatch, the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, Sault Tribe Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol and Michigan State Police.
The names of the deceased have not been released.
— Contact Brendan Wiesner: [email protected]
This article originally appeared on The Sault News: Shooting at Sault’s Wood Creek Manor on Feb. 4 ruled a murder-suicide
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