The fatal shooting Thursday at the Hampton Inn in Dearborn was not sparked by a billing dispute, the hotel chain said in a late-night statement Friday evening, contrary to the narrative thus far ...

The shooting resulted in the death of a clerk, 55, at the Hampton Inn hotel on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn and involved a seven-hour negotiation with police.

The two defendants found guilty of the 2021 Hampton Inn shooting were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday in Kern County Superior Court.