2 Shot Dead During Child Abduction From Southeast MI Home: Police

NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — Two people are dead and another was injured in a shooting and child abduction that happened Wednesday night in Washtenaw County, according to police.

The shooting happened at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Nollar Bend Road near US-23 and North Territorial Road in Northfield Township, according to police.

Inside the home, officers found a 74-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman shot dead and a 53-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound, according to police.

The surviving man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was listed in critical condition, according to police.

Investigators also learned that two girls, ages 7 and 4, were taken from the home, according to police.

Police launched a manhunt and eventually found the two girls, who were then taken to a nearby hospital where their condition was unknown, but police said they were alive.

Officers also arrested three people in connection with the deadly shooting and child abduction, according to police.

Investigators found the weapons used in the incident, according to police.

Investigators believe the shooting and abduction was a targeted attack that stemmed from a child custody issue, according to news reports.

No further information was immediately released by police.