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Name: Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 03/03/2023
Location : Grange Hall Road and Perryville Road
City : Groveland Township
County : Oakland
State : Michigan
Agency : Michigan State Police
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An unnamed man allegedly committed suicide in a wooded area in Groveland Township early Friday morning while he was under siege by Michigan State Police. Troopers had been sent to the area of Grange Hall Road on 03/03/2023 after a car was spotted in a ditch on Grange Hall Road. The driver ran into the woods and yelled that he was hurt, armed with a gun and possibly would hurt himself further per police. Several troopers, an aviation unit and K9 units arrived and set up a perimeter. Troopers then heard one gunshot and the aviation unit saw the man down, dead by suicide under police duress. It is not known why police spent such extensive resources on hunting him down. Police gave no updates on the case.
