On September 2, 2022, gunfire was reported at a home on Woodside Street in Harper Woods, Michigan. Officers found 45-year-old Khalilah Elam and her 52-year-old boyfriend, Reginald Farmer, Jr., in an upstairs bedroom, both with multiple gunshot wounds. Farmer was pronounced dead at the scene; Elam was taken to a hospital and later died of her injuries.

Police identified Elam’s 19-year-old son, Demond Thomas Burgen, Jr., as the sole suspect. He allegedly barricaded himself in the house’s basement after the shooting and was taken into custody following negotiations that involved the Grosse Pointes and the East Wayne Special Response Team. Burgen was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of felony firearm; a judge set bond at $1 million during arraignment in 32A District Court. Reports say the motive was tied to the suspect’s jealousy over his mother’s relationship with Farmer.

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