Man accused of fatally shooting his grandmother, setting her house on fire

A Westland man is accused of shooting and killing his 79-year-old grandmother and then setting their home on fire.

Donavan Shane Laverty, 33, is charged with one count of premeditated first-degree murder, one count of second-degree arson, one count of discharge of a firearm in a building and two counts of felony firearm.

On the morning of Nov. 11, Wayne County prosecutors allege Laverty fired a handgun several times at a home in the 33800 block of Calumet Court in Westland, striking his grandmother, Sandra Stanton, in the head…

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