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Man wanted in connection with double-fatal Christmas shooting has been killed by police

‘We had hoped for a more peaceful outcome,’ chief says

DETROIT – Police say a person of interest in a deadly shooting of a Detroit mother and her teenage daughter has been shot and killed by police.

Dwane McDonald was named as a person of interest in a Christmas day shooting that happened on Detroit’s west side.

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Police were in the area of Woodward Avenue and Owen Street in Detroit on Tuesday when Dwane McDonald was shot and killed by officers.

“We had hoped for a more peaceful outcome. We wanted to bring some closure to the family -- who, I’m sure you can imagine, is still struggling with what happened on Christmas day,” Detroit police Chief James White said.

The shooting McDonald was named as a person of interest in occurred on Dec. 25 at 5:45 a.m. on the 18000 block of Prevost Street in Detroit.

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