GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The man who authorities say shot his wife and stepdaughter along I-96 had been under investigation for his relationship with an underage female.
It’s a revelation that provides some context about what was happening in the life of the man who seemed to snap out of nowhere.
Investigators say David Somers, 50, shot his wife Lisa and her daughter, Amedy Dewey, before turning the gun on himself along I-96 near the Nash Highway exit Saturday night. Dewey was the lone survivor of the violence. She was critically wounded with a gunshot wound to the head and shoulder.
Multiple sources confirmed to 24 Hour News 8 that David Somers had been in the crosshairs of police investigators before the shooting because of an alleged relationship with a minor female.
David Somers, of the Manistee County village of Kaleva, pleaded guilty last year to providing alcohol to a young female. The misdemeanor case alleged that the incident happened in August.
Somers was again under investigation for a relationship with a young female in the time prior to the shootings, sources say.
Family members close to Lisa Somers said they saw no sign of marital trouble between the couple.
“He seemed like the right fit for her,” said Morgan Lifer, Lisa Somers’ niece. “We didn’t see any problems in anything in her life for this to happen.”