Prime 7 Manager Franco Shkambi Fatally Shot Outside Restaurant
(OCSO, Nov 17, 2025)
Commerce Township, MI – A Howell man was fatally wounded and a Farmington Hills man is in custody after a late-night shooting Sunday outside a Commerce Township restaurant.
Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the Prime 7 restaurant, 8635 Cooley Lake Road, in Commerce Township at 9:38 p.m. on the report that a shooting had just occurred.
Deputies located the shooting victim, identified as Francesk “Franco” Shkambi, 44, lying on a patio outside the restaurant and immediately began life saving measures. Commerce Township Fire Department paramedics took over the treatment and transported the victim to the hospital where he later died.
Numerous Sheriff’s Office resources, including the Special Investigation Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Team, were immediately activated. Approximately 20 minutes after the shooting, the suspect, a 65-year-old Farmington Hills resident, turned himself in.
The Fugitive Apprehension Team took custody of the suspect without incident. He is lodged in the Oakland County Jail. Detectives are expected to turn the case over to prosecutors for review on Tuesday. Detectives recovered the weapon believed used in the shooting, a 9 mm handgun which had been reported stolen.
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