Man Accused of Going to Hospital to Shoot and Kill His Ex-Wife, 1 Month After She Asked for a Protective Order Against Him

A Michigan man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife successful nan infirmary wherever she worked, conscionable 1 period aft she asked for a protective bid against him.

According to nan Detroit Free Press and ABC News, 53-year-old Mario Green was arrested by nan Detroit Police Department (DPD) connected Saturday, Aug. 23, astir a time aft he walked into Henry Ford Hospital and changeable his ex-wife, Latricia Green.

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison told nan outlets that Mario walked into nan basement of nan Detroit infirmary conscionable earlier 10 a.m. section clip connected Friday, Aug. 22, while his woman was working. After nan 2 sewage into a "verbal altercation," Mario pulled retired a firearm and changeable her aggregate times earlier fleeing nan scene, nan constabulary main said.

Investigators are not judge really Mario was capable to summation introduction to parts of nan hospital, Bettison said, adding that nan infirmary was concisely placed connected lockdown.

The Free Press reported that Mario was seen successful information camera footage leaving nan infirmary astatine astir 9:55 a.m., earlier driving distant successful a 2011 achromatic Dodge Charger. He initially headed northbound connected a Michigan freeway, but by 4 p.m. connected Aug. 22, Detroit constabulary confirmed that they had recovered his car abandoned.

At astir 3 a.m. connected Aug. 23, constabulary revealed that they had taken Mario into custody.

"We are devastated by nan nonaccomplishment of our Henry Ford Hospital teammate and our hearts spell retired to her loved ones — her family, friends, and nan group she worked pinch each day," nan infirmary told ABC News successful a statement. "We are providing resources to our squad members who are dealing pinch nan impacts of this tragic incident. The information and well-being of our patients, visitors and squad members is our top priority."

Local Detroit stations WXYZ and FOX 2 reported that Latricia had doubly attempted to record a individual protection bid against her ex-husband, whom she divided from successful 2018. The first was denied, and nan 2nd was granted but ne'er served.

When Latricia first attempted to get a protection bid connected June 13, she wrote successful tribunal documents that Mario "continued to telephone my occupation and frighten to meet labor outside" and "showed up to my occupation and tried to participate my agency without my support to get to me," per WXYZ. A Wayne County Circuit Court judge denied nan request.

Latricia revenge again connected July 20, stating astatine nan clip that Mario's behaviour had escalated.

"Since I was denied, he has now been capable to break into my car and trim up my clothes, shoes and bargain belongings from me, and he followed maine [on] aggregate occasions [and] has tried to break my car window," she wrote, per WXYZ.

"I person tried being cordial because I consciousness that nan strategy has now fto maine down each clip that I person tried to make reports connected this man. My begetter was murdered, and now pinch this business I americium now successful intelligence distress and frightened not knowing what to do," Latricia added successful her July application.

"I person to perpetually look complete my enarthrosis to make judge this man is not pursuing maine to wounded maine for illustration he has done successful nan past pinch beingness abuse," she further wrote. "I americium asking for thief earlier this goes excessively far, and things are excessively late."

A judge granted nan protection bid connected July 21, but DPD Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald told WXYZ that it was not served to Mario. The outlet reported that Wayne County allows for protective orders to beryllium served by a process server aliases tribunal officer, done a 3rd statement aliases by certified mail.

"Unfortunately, [the PPO] was not served connected her ex-husband," Fitzgerald told nan outlet. "So it almost brings america present today."

Speaking pinch WXYZ aft her death, Latricia's friends and family said that they are still grappling pinch her murder.

"When you spot his picture, it's like, 'I cognize him,' " her relative Deantjuan Jones told nan outlet. "And to deliberation that it happened astatine nan spot wherever she worked."

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Another 1 of Latricia's cousins, Rodney Hickman, told WXYZ that nan infirmary worker hadn't been silent erstwhile it came to asking for help.

"As early arsenic past week, a friend told maine he followed her location from activity and ran her disconnected nan road, truthful she made different constabulary report," Hickman said. "We're not sitting present gonna constituent nan digit but astatine nan aforesaid time, she was a female crying retired for help."

Following her tragic death, nan section organization is remembering Latricia arsenic a "magnificent" person.

"She was much than a friend," Devin Wilford, Latricia's co-worker, said. "She was a mother, she was a wife, she did her job."

"She was specified a saccharine person. She didn't merit what happened to her astatine all," Jones added.

If you are experiencing home violence, telephone nan National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1-800-799-7233, aliases spell to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is disposable 24/7 successful much than 170 languages.