A 13-Year-Old Girl Was Shot Four Times and Still Called 911. Six People Died in the Attack.

A 13-year-old girl in Missaukee County, Michigan, survived being shot four times and called 911 to report the attack herself. The shooting happened on Friday, August 14, 2026, and left six people dead, including the suspected gunman. The Guardian

The shooting took place across three different locations near Lachance and Kelly Roads in northern Michigan, according to UpNorthLive. Michigan State Police spokesperson Lt Ashley Miller confirmed that the girl called 911 from one of those three locations. She was found at the first scene alongside the bodies of a 16-year-old boy, a 45-year-old man, and a 40-year-old woman. All had been shot.

At a second home, police found a 53-year-old victim who had also died. The third location was a wooded area. There, police found a 29-year-old woman and the suspected shooter, 39-year-old Chad Hickman, dead next to each other after a search. All victims died of gunshot wounds.

Police could not immediately tell whether Hickman killed himself. An autopsy, which is a medical examination of a body to determine how the person died, had not yet been completed at the time of the most recent reporting.

Police described Hickman's five victims as a teenage boy and four adults. A relative, David Everitt, identified two of them as his daughter, 40-year-old Amanda Everitt, and his grandson, 16-year-old Eric. David Everitt confirmed that his 13-year-old granddaughter called 911 after being shot four times and told responders who the shooter was.

First responders took the girl to a hospital in critical condition. By Saturday, August 15, police said she was stable.

Court records show Hickman was convicted in 2024 of misdemeanor fourth-degree child abuse and sentenced to one year in prison. A misdemeanor is a less serious type of crime. Fourth-degree child abuse is the lowest level of child abuse charge under Michigan law. The charges came from a complaint filed by his ex-wife, Katie, who had started divorce proceedings in September 2023.

Police are still investigating what happened across the three scenes and how the victims and the shooter were connected. Police have not publicly explained why Hickman did this, what order he visited the locations in, or how he knew each victim. The autopsy on Hickman may answer whether he killed himself or died another way.

Because the 13-year-old survivor was able to call 911 and name the shooter while badly hurt, she likely helped police respond faster. Her call gave police the suspect's name and description while the shooting was still happening or shortly after, which guided the search that found Hickman dead in the wooded area next to his last victim.

The broader context here is that Hickman had a recent criminal record involving child abuse, tied to conflict within his own family during a divorce. That history escalated into a shooting across multiple locations that killed five people who appear to be connected through family or household ties. This incident fits a pattern seen in many U.S. mass shootings, where the suspect had a prior record of domestic violence or abuse. The 2024 conviction and one-year sentence for fourth-degree child abuse was the lowest level of charge available for offenses involving minors. Whether that sentence was appropriate, given what followed, is a question people will likely ask. It cannot be answered from the facts available right now.

Missaukee County is a rural area in northern Michigan. When shootings happen across multiple locations in rural areas, first responders face specific challenges: the scenes are far apart, there are fewer police and medical resources nearby, and it is hard to surround and secure widely spread locations. The search for Hickman ended when police found his body, but the exact amount of time between the girl's 911 call and that discovery has not been made public.