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UPDATE:Police give timelines in homicides of two; suicide of their killer.

FINAL UPDATE:The Kent Conty Sheriff's Office has released information on the deaths of two people and the suicide of the man who killed them. Police on a well-check found the two dead.

 

The latest report reads: Based on the investigation, detectives determined that Bruce Edward Huntley, 33, and his wife, Samantha Lynn Huntley, 33, have a boy, 4 and a girl, 2. following a domestic about a week ago, Samantha went to stay with her mother, Lisa Bradley, 58, at 10036 Rooksby Street N.E. in Spencer Township. Bradley lived there with her long-time boyfriend, James Cole, 54.

 

The morning of Sept. 22, Bruce Huntley forced entry into the Bradley home and shot and killed Lisa Bradley and James Cole. Bruce Huntley then kidnapped his wife and two children and took them back to their apartment on Stonebridge Road in Wyoming.

 

When the Kent County Sheriff’s Office realized the wife and children were missing, they immediately contacted the Wyoming Department of Public Safety and asked them to check at the suspect’s apartment.

 

Bradley’s vehicle was located at the apartment and the Wyoming Department of Public Safety assembled its Tactical Team. Contact was made with Samantha Huntley who confirmed she was in the apartment with her husband and two children and was being held against her will.

 

Negotiators with the Wyoming Department of Public Safety, with assistance from the Grandville Police Department, negotiated the release of Samantha and the two children. Bruce Huntley had threated to commit suicide and refused to come out. After several hours, the tactical unit entered the apartment and confirmed he was dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 

On Sept. 24, the Kent County Medical Examiner’s Officer conducted autopsies and determined Lisa Bradley and James Cole manner of death was homicide from a gunshot wound. Bruce Huntley’s death was ruled a suicide from a gunshot wound.

 

The sheriff’s office was assisted by the Wyoming Department of Public Safety, Grandville and Grand Rapids police departments and LIFE Tactical Medics.

UPDATE: A second joint release reports that despite extensive efforts to ensure a peaceful surrender, the man in question was found dead inside the apartment at approximately 12:15 a.m.  He has been identified by investigators as the primary suspect in the apparent homicide in Spencer Township on Saturday. 

 

UPDATE: A joint media release from the Wyoming Police Department and the Kent County Sheriff’s Office reported that  after  Wyoming police established communication with the possible suspect inside the apartment on Stonebridge S.W., they learned there were three hostages inside, the suspect’s wife and two children, ages 4 and 2.

The three hostages have been released and are speaking with investigators. The man remains inside the apartment and negotiations for a peaceful surrender are ongoing as of this release.

 

ORIGINAL STORY: A man and woman were found deceased inside their home in the 10000 block of Rooksby Street NE., according to the Kent County Sheriff’s Office. At 11:37 a.m. Saturday, deputies responded to the residence on a well-being check after an acquaintance of the couple went to the house and received no response after knocking.

 

A search warrant for the residence was obtained and investigators are processing the scene. Shortly after the initial response to Rooksby Street N.E. investigators developed a possible suspect  believed to be inside an apartment in the 4200 Block of Stonebridge Avenue SW in the City of Wyoming.

 

The Wyoming Police Department attempted to make contact with the man, who refused to cooperate and would not come out of the apartment. WYPD is negotiating with the man at the time of this release, and Stonebridge Avenue remains an active scene. Additional updates will be forthcoming.

 

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