UPDATED: Suspect in West Bloomfield Officer's Shooting Found Dead
15-hour faceoff ends with police confirmation that Ricky Coley, suspect in the death of an officer, was found dead in West Bloomfield home.
UPDATE - 6:55 p.m. Police have confirmed that Rick Coley, a man believed responsible for killing a West Bloomfield Police officer, has been found dead inside of a West Bloomfield home. The news ends a 15-hour faceoff in which Coley barricaded himself in his home on the 4500 block of Forest Edge Lane, trading gunfire with police. According to police, it is unknown whether or not Coley killed himself. He was observed by robotic camera equipment supplied by the Michigan State Police motionless in a bed, according to a press release issued by Lt. Tim Diamond. Coley is a suspect in the killing of Patrick O'Rourke, a 12-year veteran of the West Bloomfield force, who was shot and killed Sunday night as he and others were responding to shots …
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Jill Weigman
9:31 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
You get it? Yeah, divorce sucks, but understanding murder? Police officers put their lives on the line for all of us daily, and Mr. O'Rourke paid the ultimate price in offering aid. My heart breaks for his wife, his children, and the rest of his family and friends. You think it's only tough for Coley? How about raising 4 kids on a public servants salary? I heard his (O'Rourke's) brother on the … more ›