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DETROIT
The names of two women who were shot and killed Friday night in a home on Detroit's west side -- allegedly by their relative -- have been released.
Geraldine Bates, 68, died of a gunshot wound to the torso, and Santangela Williams, 49, was shot in the left arm, an official with the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office said Sunday.
Police say Ferdarius Shine, 28, of Detroit had been suffering from mental issues and began firing shots in the 13500 block of Winthrop, killing his grandmother and aunt.
Shine also is accused of shooting his 7-year-old daughter. She was listed in critical condition Sunday evening, officials said.
No charges have been filed in the case, a spokeswoman for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said Sunday.
Shine turned himself in to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation Saturday. He was in a hospital Sunday as a patient and prisoner, police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens said. No other details were released.
Family members of Shine and the two women declined to comment when reached Sunday by the Free Press.
DETROIT
3-year-old dead, 5 others injured in crash
One child was killed and four other children were injured when the car they were passengers in went out of control and struck a parked car and a tree Sunday in a north Detroit neighborhood, police said.
Killed in the crash near the Detroit Golf Club was a 3-year-old, said department spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens. Four children -- ranging in age from 9 months to 14 -- and the 21-year-old driver were hospitalized.
Stephens said the car was speeding southbound on Wildemere near Thatcher about 1:40 p.m. when the driver lost control. The car hit a parked car, spun and then hit a tree.
A 9-month-old boy and an 11-year-old boy were listed in critical condition, Stephens said. A 9-year-old girl was in serious condition, and a 14-year-old girl was in temporarily serious condition. The driver was also in temporarily serious condition.
No other details were released.
DETROIT
Teen hurt in robbery try to be tried as adult
Authorities say a teenager wounded during the attempted robbery of a Detroit high school girls' basketball coach will be tried as an adult on two felony charges.
The 15-year-old was told at a hearing Saturday that he faces one count each of armed robbery and assault with intent to rob while armed. He is to appear before a judge March 1 and is being held at a juvenile detention facility on a $50,000 bond.
Prosecutors say the teen and Michael Scott, 16, accosted 70-year-old Ernest Robinson on Feb. 1 while he was walking outside Martin Luther King High School with two of his players. Robinson fatally shot Scott and wounded the other teen.
Authorities said last week that Robinson acted in self-defense and won't be charged. He's a reserve police officer.
PONTIAC
Homeless shelter to unveil new kitchen
One of the largest and oldest homeless shelters in southeast Michigan is celebrating the opening of a new kitchen to help better serve the community.
Grace Centers of Hope in Pontiac will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday for the new kitchen. The homeless shelter renovated the kitchen with a $50,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation.
Grace Centers of Hope chief executive Kent Clark said the kitchen will allow the shelter to prepare more than 150,000 meals each year. The shelter currently feeds between 150 and 200 homeless men, women and children each day.
DEARBORN
Forum to include artists, scholars, performers
The Arab American National Museum has announced the artists, activists and scholars expected to participate in its biennial arts forum.
The Dearborn museum's DIWAN5: A Forum for the Arts includes Arab American Book Award-winning actor Suheir Hammad, and visual artists John Halaka and Reem Gibriel. Topics to be addressed at the April 5-6 forum include the effect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Arab-American art and artists' response to the Arab uprisings.
A DIWAN-themed exhibition also is to run in the museum's lower-level gallery March 15-Aug. 30. The museum is at 13624 Michigan Ave.
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP
Man and dog fall through ice, but all is well
Monroe County authorities rescued a 54-year-old man who fell through thin ice while trying to save his dog from a pond near his home.
Edward Jefferson and Wynne the dog are OK. Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Tim George used an aluminum extension ladder to get the pair out of the water Saturday in Bedford Township.
The dog fell through ice while retrieving a ball thrown by a 6-year-old family friend. The family called 911 after trying to rescue the pair with a rope.
Michigan
HARTFORD
4 friends are killed in crash on icy road
A car carrying four friends from a southwestern Michigan church was struck by two vehicles on an icy road, killing the women on their trip home from a meal in Indiana, authorities said Sunday.
One victim in Saturday's crash was the wife of the pastor of Keeler Baptist Church, according to a pastor at a neighboring church.
The crash happened near Hartford, about 40 miles southwest of Kalamazoo, the Van Buren County sheriff's office said. A Buick Lucerne carrying the four women was southbound on a rural road when it was struck by an eastbound van. The car then spun into the path of a pickup.
The victims were Kathryn Maya, 56, of Kalamazoo; Celeste Phillips, 57, of Hartford; Lou Ann Holcomb, 56, of Hartford; and Charlotte Sieber, 51, also from Hartford, the sheriff's office said. Maya was the wife of Efrain Maya, pastor of Keeler Baptist.
The driver of the pickup had a severe hand injury and neck pain, the sheriff's office said. The driver and passenger in the van were not injured.
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