Overview
- State troopers were called to a home in Lake Township around 11:40 a.m. on Friday and found three people dead and a 13-year-old girl wounded who was taken to a hospital.
- Authorities identified 39-year-old Chad Hickman as a person of interest and issued an armed-and-dangerous warning before launching a large multi-agency search.
- Officers later found Hickman’s vehicle near Whitlock Lake in Caldwell Township and discovered Hickman dead alongside a 29-year-old woman, bringing the total to five victims and the suspect.
- Michigan State Police released the victims’ ages (16, 40, 45, 53, 29) and said the 13-year-old was in stable condition, and they are withholding names while next of kin are notified.
- Investigators are processing three scenes with aviation, canine and forensic teams, say there is no ongoing threat to the public, and warn that autopsies and forensic work are needed to determine motive and cause of death.