Men posing as DTE workers kill Rochester Hills man: police [Video]

ROCHESTER HILLS (WWJ) — Police in Oakland County are searching for two men who allegedly posed as DTE Energy workers, made their way into a Rochester Hills home and are believed to have killed an elderly man.

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on Newcastle Drive in Rochester Hills — near Adams and Tienken — just before noon on Friday, Oct. 11.

Sheriff Mike Bouchard said at an afternoon press conference near the home that two fake DTE workers went to the home of a 72-year-old man — identified as Hussein Murray— claiming to be looking into a gas leak. According to a report by WXYZ-Channel 7, he owned Gold & Glitter Jewelry in Hamtramck.

The wife told police the men had first come to the home late Thursday night, but the couple did not allow them to enter. But when they came back Friday, the couple let them in.

Bouchard said the man went to the basement with the suspects, …