Suspect identified in Lake Township shooting that killed five
Chad Hickman is named as the suspect in the Aug. 14 shooting in Missaukee County, Michigan, and is deceased.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 19, 2026, 8:12 a.m. ET
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Earlier reports
Aug 19, 2026, 8:12 a.m. ETFirst report
Five killed in shooting in Lake Township, Missaukee County; suspect Chad Hickman is dead
Five people were killed in a shooting in Lake Township, in Missaukee County, on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. The suspect, Chad Hickman, is deceased.
Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post were dispatched at approximately 11:40 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, to a home on South LaChance Road in Lake Township for a report of a person who had been shot was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
The location of the incident has been made public only to the level of the block. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post is the responding agency on the record.
What the record in front of us does not contain is as important as what it does. It carries no identities for the five people killed, no motive, and no account of the sequence of events at the home. It does not say whether the 13-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital is among the five dead, and it does not say how Hickman died. None of the details above are attributed in the record to a named official or spokesperson.
Early casualty counts in incidents of this kind are frequently revised as more is established.
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- 6 dead, one critical in Missaukee County | FOX 2 Detroitfox2detroit.com
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