Off-duty Detroit officer fatally shoots wife, then shoots himself ...

by Ben Leubsdorf

Sgt. Mark Gajeski (Guy-ES’-ski) of the Canton Township Public Safety Department says they both were Detroit officers who live in Canton.

The woman was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital Tuesday, while the man is on life support with a head wound. Their names were not immediately released.

Gajeski says police had responded to a disturbance at the couple’s home over the weekend. He says the woman was going to the Canton police station, which is near the library, when she was shot.

The library was open at the time but was closed while investigators were at the scene.

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