Man charged in fatal shooting of 2 women at Detroit senior home due in court for arraignment
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police swarm the scene after two women were gunned down around 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 at the Pablo Davis Elder Living Center in Detroit, Mich. A 65-year-old man who lives at the senior center was in custody Sunday after police said he shot and killed two women that he blamed for a breakup with his girlfriend. (AP Photo/The Detroit News Ricardo Thomas)DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT (The Associated Press)
A 66-year-old man charged with fatally shooting two women at a Detroit home for senior citizens is due in court.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office charged Mike Reda on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder and other felonies. He's scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning in a Detroit courtroom.
Reda was arrested shortly after the Sunday slayings of 59-year-old Deborah Socia and 61-year-old Maria Gonzalez at the Pablo Davis Elder Living Center on the city's southwest side. He also lived there.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}There's no attorney listed for him.
Authorities say the victims were friends of a woman who'd broken off a relationship with Reda, and he believed they were responsible for the breakup.
Police also say Reda held a man at gunpoint, but he was able to escape.