
A small Michigan town is reeling after a tragedy. Authorities say Ryne Leist, a 33-year-old volunteer bowling coach, shot and killed 17-year-old Gwen Smith on June 14, 2025, before turning the gun on himself inside the girl’s home in Bedford Township.
The murder-suicide has since unleashed a storm of disturbing revelations about Leist’s past, and questions about how someone with such a troubling history ended up in close contact with minors.