Man charged with murder after shooting girlfriend in face at Redford motel, prosecutor says

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Detroit man allegedly murdered his girlfriend inside a Redford Township motel early Saturday, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.

Police responded to the Travelers Motor Inn Motel on Telegraph near W. Chicago just before 5 a.m. on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found 37-year-old Valentina Colban suffering a gunshot wound to the face inside a room. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.

Colban's boyfriend, Jose Angel Oquendo-Torruella, 39, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and felony firearm. He is expected to be arraigned on the charges Tuesday.

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