>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS >> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS HAS A BREAKING NEWS ALERT. >> THAT BREAKING NEWS COMING TO US FROM TROY THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE DESCRIBING A TERRIFYING SCENE WITH A WOMAN RUNNING FOR HER LIFE TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOME AND POLICE FINDING A YOUNG GIRL SHOT TO DEATH. THERE ON THE SCENE PUTTING ON THE PIECES TOGETHER WHILE OUR LOCAL 4’S PRIYA MANN IS THERE AS WELL FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION. PRIYA, WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, KAREN IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY SCENE HERE NEAR LONG LAKE AND COOLIDGE IN TROY. POLICE JUST LEFT A FEW MOMENTS AGO. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT WOMAN AND THE CHILD WERE SHOT IN A HOME BEHIND ME THAT WOMAN WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE GET TO A NEIGHBORS HOME WHERE SHE CALLED 911. TROY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE NORTHFIELD HILLS CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX AROUND 11:00 TUESDAY MORNING. A 39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE CHEST. HER LITTLE GIRL AROUND 6:00 OR SEVEN YEARS OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN HER BEDROOM. THE GUN -- GUNMAN HAD DRIVEN OFF. THEY GAVE DISPATCHERS KEY INFORMATION INCLUDING THE MAN’S PHONE NUMBER. POLICE CALLED HIM AND THE 52-YEAR-OLD MAN SAID HE WAS GOING TO TURN HIMSELF IN. HE DROVE BACK HERE TO THE CONDO COMPLEX AND WHEN HE SAW POLICE APPROACHING HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD. NOW DURING ALL OF THIS, TWO NEARBY SCHOOLS TROY HIGH SCHOOL AND HAMILTON ELEMENTARY WERE PLACED ON AN BRIEF LOCKDOWN. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT POLICE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE BRAVE WOMAN AND HER NEIGHBOR WHO CALL 911. >> THAT HAD TO BE REALLY JUST YOU KNOW, ALERTED BY POUNDING ON YOUR DOOR AND TO BRING HER IN AND PROVIDE AGAIN KEY INFORMATION TO THE CALL TAKER AND REALLY HELP OUR OFFICERS YOU KNOW KIND OF GUIDING THEM TO WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT. A TON OF CREDIT TO THE NEIGHBOR, A TON OF CREDIT TO VICTIM THAT WAS SHOT. WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE HERSELF FROM THE HOUSE AND ALERT US TO WHAT WAS GOING ON. >> THAT WOMAN WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. SADLY, HER YOUNG DAUGHTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED. IT’S NOT CLEAR IF POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED HERE BEFORE BUT NEIGHBORS SAY THERE WAS A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HERE AGAIN JUST TRAGICALLY A YOUNG GIRL KILLED IN HER BEDROOM. HER MOM ABLE TO ESCAPE GET TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE CALL 911 AND POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. THEY HAVE ALSO RECOVERED THAT FIREARM. REPORTING LIVE IN TROY, I’M PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4. >> HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE STORY.
