Jonathan Hoffman, 17, allegedly died of multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by his grandmother on Friday, according to medical examiners
A 74-year-old Detroit grandmother is in custody for allegedly shooting and killing her teenage grandson.
West Bloomfield police are investigating the circumstances that led to the killing of 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman, which took place on Friday night in a posh, gated condo complex.
The boy called 911 to report that his grandmother had shot him multiple times and he later died in Botsford Hospital according to police.
Officers were called to the residence, which the 17-year-old shared with his grandparents, at about 5.30pm after neighbours heard gunshots,
according to the Detroit Free Press.
The grandmother was taken into custody but not immediately questioned. Because of her age and the circumstances of the shooting, the woman is being guarded at a local hospital.
Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Central High School had been out with friends at the movies the night before he was shot according to Freep
'He was one of the funniest kids I know,' said Adam Makhoul, 17, of Birmingham, one of the friends who saw The Dictator with Hoffman the night before he died.
'He was never violent. He always was a giving person.'
And police have revealed that Hoffman had been living with both his grandparents at Maple Place Villas when the fatal shooting occurred.
'He’s a kid that didn’t deserve to die,' said Max Dashevsky, 17, of West Bloomfield, who knew Hoffman since ninth grade.
'I woke up this morning thinking I was going to see this kid, that it was just a dream.'
The boy had called 911 about 40 minutes before he was pronounced dead, Lt. Diamond said.
Officers seized a handgun that they believed was used in the slaying before escorting the old woman from the property.
'She’s a really nice woman. I hope the best for her,' neighbor, Elizabeth Ardisana, 85, told the newspaper.
The teen's grandfather was not present when the shooting took place.
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