Michigan high school bowling coach fatally shot teen grad inside her home before killing himself in murder-suicide: police

A Michigan high school bowling coach fatally shot one of his former bowlers, who had recently graduated, inside her home before turning the gun on himself in a horrific murder-suicide last week.

Former Bedford High School’s bowling club coach Ryne Leist fatally shot 17-year-old Gwendolyn Smith multiple times at her stepfather’s Bedford Township home on June 14, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced.

Smith’s stepfather returned home at around 6 p.m. to discover the mortally wounded teen and her alleged killer, Sheriff Troy Goodnough said during a press conference Wednesday.

Bedford Public School Superintendent Carl Shultz mourned Smith as an “extraordinary young woman” as he shared the devastating news with the school district…

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