A 13-year-old girl in Michigan survived being shot four times in a shooting spree that resulted in six deaths, including the suspected attacker. According to a state police official and her family, she called emergency services herself shortly before investigators identified the gunman.
Police said first responders took the girl to hospital in critical condition, but she was stable by Saturday. State police spokesperson Lt Ashley Miller said the girl "called 911 to report that she had been shot" at one of the three scenes where the rampage unfolded.
Chad Hickman, 39, was identified as the suspected shooter. He is alleged to have killed five people across three locations in Michigan’s Missaukee county. Hickman was later found dead next to a shooting victim in a wooded area after a police manhunt.
Police did not release the victims’ names or their relationship to the shooter as of Saturday, but described Hickman’s slain victims as a teenage boy and four adults. A relative identified two of the victims killed as 40-year-old Amanda Everitt and her 16-year-old son, Eric, in a Facebook post.
Investigators said they could not immediately determine whether Hickman died by suicide, with an autopsy pending at the time. All victims died of gunshot wounds, police said. Court records show the suspected shooter was convicted in 2024 of misdemeanor fourth-degree child abuse and sentenced to one year in prison.