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Sgt. Patrick O'Rouke lived in Tyrone Township
Posted: 09.10.2012 at 8:42 AM
Joel Feick

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He was a married father of 4

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Authorities say a suburban Detroit police officer has been fatally shot and the suspected gunman is barricaded inside a home. West Bloomfield Township Police Lt. Timothy Diamond says the 12-year veteran,  Patrick O'Rouke of Tyrone Township, was shot about 10 p.m. Sunday as he entered a home in the Oakland County community. The suspect is identified as Ricky Coley. His body was found inside the home 12 hours after the standoff begand. Coley recently had a business in Bad Axe. Police closed roadways in the area Monday morning as police agencies surrounded the home.

Police officers initially responded following a report of shots being fired inside the home.  Some area homes have been evacuated. O'Rourke was a married father of 4.

 READ: Coley complaint

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Here's a Detroit Free Press story: http://www.freep.com/article/20120910/NEWS03/120910003/West-Bloomfield-Township-officer-killed-by-barricaded-gunman?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

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