Keith Matheny

Detroit Free Press

The gunshots that killed a 38-year-old Macomb Township woman were heard by 911 dispatchers on the line with her early today after she called to report a domestic dispute. Her 44-year-old husband was in critical condition with his own gunshot wound in what police believe was an attempted murder-suicide.

The woman, whose name has not yet been released pending a medical examiner's report, was found dead at her home in the 16000 block of Country Ridge Lane in Macomb Township with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release from the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. She had called 911 at about 1:03 a.m. Saturday to report a domestic dispute and, while speaking with the dispatcher, several gunshots were heard over the phone, police said.

Her husband was found lying near the woman with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and was transported to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition, Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said. The man is in custody at the hospital, and Wickersham said he expects the county prosecutor's office to arraign the man on murder charges Monday morning.

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Deputies found a .40-caliber handgun lying on the floor near the husband, and the gun is registered to him.

The woman's 16-year-old son was in the home when the shootings occurred, and sustained no injuries, Wickersham said. He also called 911 as deputies were responding, the sheriff said.

The teen was taken to the sheriff's office, questioned, and left with relatives, the sheriff said. "It's definitely a tragic situation for him," Wickersham said.

No prior domestic calls occurred at the residence, the sheriff said.