Brianna Angelique Bates

On a tragic day in Portage, Michigan, 31-year-old Brianna Angelique Bates was killed in a devastating act of domestic violence. On August 30, 2022, Brianna and her 6-year-old daughter, Zenzia, were shot and killed by her husband, 39-year-old Henry Bates, who then took his own life. The couple's three other children, who were 13, 11, and three years old at the time, were able to flee their home and escape the violence.

Neighbors reported hearing gunshots and a barricaded gunman, which prom ...

Family mourns mom, 6-year-old killed in apparent murder-suicide in Portage

mlive: Wife reported domestic violence twice in months before Portage murder-suicide, records say