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Sparta Police Say Domestic Violence Shooting Ends With Woman Hospitalized, Man Dead From Apparent Self-Inflicted Gunshot
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 12, 5:27 PM EDT
updated Oct 12, 8:43 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WZZM and WXMI, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
One man is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot and a woman was hospitalized following a domestic violence shooting at a Sparta apartment complex, police said, as reported by WXMI and WZZM.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 2, Oct 12, 9:36 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
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