DETROIT — A gunman involved in a domestic dispute killed his girlfriend and two women who came to her aid at a Detroit house, and wounded three officers during a 14-hour standoff that ended Monday when police found the suspect dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said Monday. Police identified the dead suspect as Lance Smith, 49, who had no criminal history and had not been in contact with police before the shooting. The call was placed by an off-duty Detroit Public Schools police officer who happened to live in the neighbourhood, Police Chief James Craig said. The three officers wounded in Detroit followed what one national group called one of the deadliest periods in recent memory for police with seven officers killed in the U.S. last week. The names of the three female victims were not immediately released.

Source: National Post February 12, 2018 18:56 UTC