6 dead, one critical in Missaukee County

Detectives from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post worked through the night processing three active crime scenes following the shooting deaths of six individuals, including the suspect, discovered in Missaukee County Friday. As investigators seek a possible motive for the shootings, they have identified the five victims by age and gender though not by relationship to each other at this time. Preliminary timeline of events which is subject to change as investigation progresses: At approximately 11:40 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, troopers were dispatched to a home on South LaChance Road in Lake Township for a report of a person who had been shot - a 13-year-old female who was transported to the hospital in critical condition. She remains hospitalized and is now in stable condition. The three deceased individuals found at the South LaChance Road address have been identified as a 45-year-old male, 40-year-old female, and 16-year-old male. The deceased individual located at the second, separate home in Missaukee County has been identified as a 53-year-old male. The individual located in the wooded area near Whitlock Lake, alongside suspect 39-year-old Chad Hickman, has been identified as a 29-year-old female.