Grandmother’s boyfriend shoots her, grandson in head before turning gun on himself | News

Three people, including a 10-year-old child, are dead after what police are now calling a murder/suicide inside a Woodhaven apartment on Monday.

According to police, dead are 49-year-old Sharry Multop and her grandson, Christopher Baltzer.

Police said Terry Lee Wyatt, 62, was the woman’s boyfriend and shot them inside his apartment at Marsh Creek Village Apartments in the 25000 block of Marsh Creek Blvd. before turning the gun on himself.

“He shot himself in the chin/head, so all three had wounds to the head,” Detective Lt. Scott Fraczek said.

The bodies were discovered at about 7:45 p.m. when the boy’s mother returned to the apartment with her 8-year-old daughter just after the shooting occurred.

Police said the boy’s mother lived there with her two children, her now-deceased mother and her great-grandmother.

Fraczek said the great-grandmother was inside the apartment at the time of the shooting, but in a different room and was not injured.

Police received several 911 calls about hearing arguing from the apartment and multiple gunshots.

Officers arrived shortly after the mother and daughter did.

It appears there was a domestic dispute between Multop and Wyatt, but police said they have no information as to the nature of the dispute and why it turned deadly.

Fraczek said management at the apartment complex, as well as neighbors, all said there have never been any problems there.

“All evidence at the scene points to a murder/suicide,” Fraczek said. “We should get confirmation from the (Wayne County) Medical Examiner’s Office in a couple of days.”

The gun was recovered at the apartment, police said.

While investigating the incident, police received a call at about 1:30 a.m. from Baltzer’s father, who lives in northern Michigan.

Fraczek said he learned about the shooting on Facebook and was calling about his son.

It was Fraczek who had to confirm the shooting and that his son was dead.

Baltzer was a fourth-grade student at Garfield Elementary School in Wyandotte. His younger sister is a second-grade student there, as well.

Five social workers were at the school Tuesday morning to assist students who might need help dealing with their schoolmate’s death.

Wyandotte school Supt. Catherine Cost said tears were shed at the school Tuesday as word about Baltzer’s death was talked about throughout the school.

Cost said about half the students already were aware of his death. An announcement was made in the morning to inform all students and there was a moment of silence in his honor.

Students made cards that share a fond memory they have of Baltzer.

“Not only does it help with their emotions, but it will be a nice thing for them to give to the family at the end of the week,” Cost said. “There are close to 200 cards.”

Cost said Baltzer was a fun-loving, hard working student and his classmates feel the sense of loss because he was part of “their community.”

One kind gesture that the superintendent said gave her goosebumps was a card that came to the school from students in the high school’s DECA program.

The card came with candy for students in Baltzer’s classroom, and flowers for his teacher.

“That just speaks to our Wyandotte students,” Cost said. “We are a tight-knit group.”