SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A man is facing a murder charge after a woman was shot in the head and found dead in a Southfield parking lot.
At 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, first responders went to the 25000 block of Shiawassee Street after someone reported finding a woman unresponsive in a parking lot. Police said she had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Robert Louis Ridges III, 28, of Southfield, was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. He has been charged with second-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon, and felony firearm in the death of 29-year-old Tahiry Broom.
Prosecutors said Ridges’ killed Broom near Ridges’ apartment complex in Southfield after an argument.
“Every person is entitled to live without fear of violence,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. “Tahiry Broom had family and friends who loved her. She did not deserve to die and her killer will be brought to justice.”
Ridges faces a possible life sentence without parole if convicted on the second-degree murder charge. He is expected back in court at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2025.
