Police say the man manipulated the tail pipe of the auto and killed the children with exhaust fumes.
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Dearborn Heights police said the man called police at 1:20 a.m. and told them he had killed his whole family. Krause says officers found the man on the porch and took him into custody.
Police said his two teenage stepchildren, 17 and 19, had been shot dead, and his two biological children, 4 and 6, had died from carbon monoxide poisoning, WXYZ reported.
Krause says the woman is in critical condition.
Police are on the scene of a tragic situation that unfolded early Wednesday morning in Dearborn Heights.
A MI father is in police custody after officers say he killed four children and injured their mother at a Dearborn Heights home.
Police say the suspect is the stepfather of the young children and father of the teenagers.
The suspected gunman shot and critically wounded the mother, who was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Police at the Dearborn Heights station said no one was available to offer updated information early Wednesday, but that a news conference was likely.
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Mayor Dan Paletko, speaking near the home, called the killings “a tragedy in every sense of the word”. State police are on the scene assisting local investigators.
