SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WZMQ) – Two people are dead after a shooting at a senior living apartment complex in Sault Ste. Marie.
On Tuesday, Feb. 4 around 8:30 a.m., the Sault Ste. Marie Police and Fire Departments were called to Wood Creek Manor for a report of multiple gunshots. On the way, responders learned that a man shot himself in a hallway of the building.
Upon arrival, responders found the man and a woman in the hallway, both with gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
During the investigation, multiple search warrants were carried out with the Michigan State Police Crime Lab being called in to assist with investigating and processing. It was determined the man and woman had a tenant-landlord relationship and had been involved in a dispute before the shooting. It was also determined that the man, the tenant, shot the woman, the landlord, with a handgun before turning the gun on himself.
Sault Ste. Marie Police and Fire Departments expressed condolences to the families and friends of both subjects during this difficult time. The names of both subjects are not being released.
To preserve the scene, the residents of two wings of the complex were temporarily relocated with assistance from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office Victim Services Unit. The Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority (EUPTA) transported many of the residents to Hearthside Assisted Living Facility as a temporary gathering place until lodging could be arranged.
The Sault Ste. Marie Police and Fire Department was assisted by Chippewa County Central Dispatch, Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, Sault Tribe Police Department, US Border Patrol, and Michigan State Police.
