This
u dated
poste
p ovided
by
the
Michiga
State
Police
(MSP)
Seve th
Dist ict
shows
suspect
Chad
Hickma
(Pictu e
c edit:
AP)
Five
people
we e
killed
i
a
shooti g
i
o the
Michiga
o
F iday,
while
the
suspected
gu ma
was
also
fou d
dead
afte
a
la ge-scale
sea ch,
police
said.O e
othe
pe so
was
c itically
i ju ed
a d
take
to
hospital.Michiga
State
Police
said
t oope s
we e
dispatched
at
a ou d
11:40
am
local
time
to
a
home
i
Missaukee
Cou ty,
about
272
km
o thwest
of
Det oit,
followi g
a
epo t
of
a
shooti g.Office s
a ivi g
at
the
sce e
fou d
th ee
people
dead
a d
a
fou th
pe so
c itically
wou ded,
acco di g
to
police.
The
suspect,
ide tified
as
39-yea -old
Chad
Hickma ,
had
fled
befo e
law
e fo ceme t
a ived.
Suspect
fou d
dead
afte
ma hu t
Suspect
fou d
dead
afte
ma hu t
Police
lau ched
a
exte sive
sea ch
fo
Hickma
a d
wa ed
eside ts
that
he
was
a med
a d
da ge ous,
u gi g
people
ot
to
app oach
him.Du i g
the
sea ch,
i vestigato s
discove ed
a
fou th
deceased
pe so
at
a othe
eside ce,
taki g
the
umbe
of
victims
to
five.Police
late
located
Hickma ‘s
vehicle
i
a
wooded
a ea
ea
Whitlock
Lake.
Hickma
a d
a othe
pe so
we e
subseque tly
fou d
dead
i
the
a ea,
acco di g
to
Michiga
State
Police.Autho ities
have
ot
disclosed
how
Hickma
o
the
othe
pe so
died,
a d
it
was
ot
immediately
clea
whethe
the
additio al
deceased
pe so
fou d
ea
the
vehicle
was
co ected
to
the
shooti g.
The
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
deaths
a d
the
elatio ship,
if
a y,
betwee
the
victims
a d
the
suspect
emai
u de
i vestigatio .“This
situatio
is
hea tb eaki g
fo
the
commu ity
a d
challe gi g
fo
the
i vestigato s
i volved,”
Michiga
State
Police
Lieute a t
Ashley
Mille
said
i
a
stateme t,
acco di g
to
ews
age cy
AP.“We
emai
committed
to
co ducti g
a
tho ough
i vestigatio
a d
will
p ovide
updates
as
ew
i fo matio
becomes
available,”
she
added.
Police
yet
to
elease
victims’
ide tities
Police
yet
to
elease
victims’
ide tities
Police
have
ot
eleased
the
ames,
ages
o
ge de s
of
the
victims,
sayi g
they
we e
waiti g
to
otify
thei
families.The
shooti g
occu ed
i
Missaukee
Cou ty,
a
la gely
u al
a ea
i
o the
Michiga .
Police
asked
membe s
of
the
public
to
avoid
the
a ea
while
i vestigato s
co ti ued
wo ki g
at
the
diffe e t
locatio s
i volved
i
the
case.Acco di g
to
The
Gua dia ,
cou t
eco ds
show
Hickma
was
i
the
p ocess
of
a
divo ce.
The
ews
outlet
also
epo ted
that
he
had
bee
se te ced
to
mo e
tha
a
yea
i
cou ty
jail
afte
pleadi g
guilty
i
2024
to
two
misdemea ou
cha ges
co ected
to
a
2010
offe ce.Autho ities
have
ot
i dicated
whethe
those
p evious
cases
we e
co ected
to
F iday’s
shooti g.The
i vestigatio
emai s
o goi g,
a d
police
have
ot
yet
p ovided
a
possible
motive
fo
the
attack.