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2 killed, including 10-year-old, in apparent murder-suicide in Fruitport Twp.

A 7-year-old girl and a 61-year-old woman were injured by gunshots in the Father's Day shooting, as well.

FRUITPORT, Mich. — Two people are dead and two are injured after a shooting in Fruitport on Father's Day, police say. 

Those killed were a 10-year-old girl and a 54-year-old man. 

Police say the man likely died from a self-inflicted wound following a domestic incident. Officials on scene are calling him a suspect.

The shooting happened in the 2500 block of Odawa Trail in the Odeno Subdivision around 11 a.m. 

Once they arrived, police found two dead inside the home and evacuated the remaining two, a 7-year-old girl and a 61-year-old woman, who also suffered from gunshot wounds. They were transported to Trinity Hospital in critical but stable condition.

Police later confirmed the 7-year-old and 10-year-old involved in the shooting are the suspect's children. The 61-year-old woman is the man's mother-in-law.

"Everybody's just in shock, and very surprised that this happened," one neighbor said. "It's eye-opening, you know, that this could happen anywhere."

"Father's Day Sunday," said Fruitport Deputy Chief Gregory Poulson. "Nobody can imagine these things happening in your own neighborhood, let alone your neighbor." 

Fruitport Police were assisted by police departments from Michigan State, Norton Shores and Muskegon County.

    

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