# Suspected gunman among six dead in Michigan shootings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/six-dead-including-suspect-in-michigan-shooting-spree-after-furious-manhunt/
- Published: 2026-08-15T03:32:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-15T09:47:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16053977/Six-dead-Chad-Hickman-Michigan-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Six people died in Michigan shootings, including the suspected gunman.
- A 13-year-old girl was shot and another person critically injured.
- Police have not reported a motive.

## Summary

Michigan authorities identified 39-year-old Chad Hickman as the suspected gunman in shootings in Missaukee County that left six people dead, including Hickman, and one person critically injured. The incident involved more than one property and prompted a major police search, though no motive was reported.

Police were alerted at about 11.40am on Friday after a 13-year-old girl said she had been shot in the arm at a home on LaChance Road. Troopers found three bodies and a critically injured person there, then located a fourth victim at another property while searching for Hickman, who was believed to be armed and driving a white pick-up truck.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Suspected gunman among six dead in Michigan shootings](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16053977/Six-dead-Chad-Hickman-Michigan-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Fox News: Several people dead including suspect in rural Michigan multi-scene shooting, police say: reports](https://www.foxnews.com/us/several-people-dead-including-suspect-rural-michigan-multi-scene-shooting-police)

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