Gage Pierce, Livonia, Michigan man, shoots and kills his parents, younger brother and his girlfriend at family home. Victims identified as father, Sterling Pierce, mom, Holly Kimball, sibling, Tanner Pierce and 21-year-old his girlfriend Nevaeh Finch. Suspect had been making ‘weird social media postings’.
A 25-year-old-year old Livonia, Michigan man is alleged to have shot and killed his parents, brother and his brother’s girlfriend during a Tuesday afternoon incident.
Sterling Ray Pierce, 58, and his wife, Holly Marie Kimball-Pierce, 53, were found dead in the backyard of their home on Rensselor Street along with their 22-year-old son, Tanner Ray Pierce, and his 21-year-old girlfriend, Nevaeh May Jaslynn Finch, authorities said.
Livonia Police Chief Thomas Goralski said officers responded to 911 calls about gunfire around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the residential neighborhood near 7 Mile and Inkster roads, FREEP reported.
Semi-automatic rifle used in shootings
When officers arrived, a man emerged from the house with his hands raised, told police he had shot family members and was taken into custody without incident, Goralski said at a Wednesday news conference according to WXYZ.
Police identified the suspect only as a 25-year-old resident of the home as they now work with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office to determine what charges to press forward with. expected as early as Thursday.
Social media identified the shooter as Gage Pierce. A semi-automatic rifle believed to have been used in the shootings was recovered at the scene, police said.
Two victims were found inside a bedroom and two in the backyard, and all were pronounced dead at the scene. Finch, 21, of Warren, often stayed at the family’s home, according to investigators.
Goralski said there was no known criminal history for the suspect and no prior police runs to the address, though relatives had described a ‘contentious’ or tense relationship between the suspect and his parents.
Weird social media postings
Several neighbors told Local 4 they had heard the suspect’s parents had been encouraging him to find a job and contribute more around the house, though police have not confirmed those accounts.
The suspect’s family confirmed to Local 4 that the suspect is on the Autism spectrum. Some neighbors said they were aware of the diagnosis.
Ron Bozzi, a former neighbor speaking to CBSNews said the Pierce family was good, hardworking. He said Kimball was a registered nurse and Sterling Pierce a former contractor.
‘We were neighbors for 10 years; we were pretty close friends. I watched the boys grow up,’ Bozzi told the outlet. ‘Something must have happened to set him off or click.’
Jayden Strazalkowski a friend of Tanner Pierce said something was off when he recently checked the suspect’s social media page.
‘Week prior to everything happening, he (the suspect) was posting a lot of weird stuff. He was reading a book, and it said a bunch of things, and one post said something like ‘I got into an argument with my family and now they all hate me,’ Strazalkowski told CBSNews.
In the days since the massacre, a vigil continues to grow outside the family home.
