Crime & Safety

Supporters Offer Thoughts, Prayers for Fallen West Bloomfield Officer

Patrick O'Rourke, a Fenton resident, was among a handful of officers who were shot at in an 'ambush' style attack Sunday night, police say.

Patrick O'Rourke, a 12-year veteran of the , was shot and killed by a man who barricaded himself in a home on the township's west side Sunday night, police confirmed.

O'Rourke, 39, who was married and a father of four that lived in the Fenton area, was among a handful of officers who responded to the 4000 block of Forest Edge for a at about 10 p.m., Lt. Tim Diamond said.


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