Day 1 · Michigan Shooting Spree

Michigan Shooting Leaves Six Dead

A rural Michigan shooting spree left six dead, including the suspect, and one wounded.

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Updated Aug 14, 9:00pm ET

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Six people, including suspected gunman Chad Hickman, 39, are dead after shootings across multiple locations in rural Missaukee County, Michigan, state police said. Troopers responding around 11:40 a.m. Friday to a shooting report at a Lake Township home found three people dead and a fourth person critically wounded. Authorities later found two more victims at another home, while Hickman was found dead in a wooded area near his vehicle. The five victims’ names and ages had not been released.

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