Patrick John O’Rourke was a 39-year-old West Bloomfield police officer with 12 years on the force who died after being shot while responding to a domestic disturbance on Forest Edge Lane on September 9, 2012. Officers went to the home after a report that a man had fired a shot inside and that family members feared he might harm himself. O’Rourke and other officers approached an upstairs bedroom and called out; gunfire came through the closed door and O’Rourke was critically wounded. He was taken to a nearby hospital and later died, leaving a wife and four children.

The shooter was identified as Ricky Coley. A standoff followed that lasted nearly 20 hours, during which hundreds of rounds were exchanged between Coley and officers. When a Special Response Team entered the home the next evening, Coley was found dead of a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. Neighbors and court records later described Coley as a military veteran and venture capitalist who had been distraught over a recent divorce and facing financial and legal problems. Officer O’Rourke was posthumously promoted to sergeant.

If anyone knew Officer O’Rourke, the events that night, or has information about the lead-up to the standoff, please share what is known.