{"id":220918,"date":"2026-08-17T07:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/13-year-old-survivor-of-michigan-rampage-called-911-to-report-shed-been-shot-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:10:18","slug":"13-year-old-survivor-of-michigan-rampage-called-911-to-report-shed-been-shot-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/13-year-old-survivor-of-michigan-rampage-called-911-to-report-shed-been-shot-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old survivor of Michigan rampage called 911 to report she\u2019d been shot – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 13-year-old girl \u2014 the only survivor of a shooting rampage in rural Michigan<\/a> \u2014 called 911 on Friday after she was shot four times, state police official and her family said Saturday.
The girl was found in a home in Lake Township, in Missaukee County, where three other people were found dead when police arrived around 11:40 a.m. Friday.
The suspected gunman, Chad Hickman, 39, is believed to have killed five people across three locations. He was later found dead next to one of the victims in a wooded area after police launched a manhunt for him.
The girl was taken to a hospital in critical condition but was stable by Saturday, police said.
She \u201ccalled 911 to report that she had been shot,\u201d state police spokesperson Lt. Ashley Miller said. The suspect had fled before officers arrived, but investigators had no doubt about his identity, Miller said.
\u201cWe were able to identify him right away,\u201d she said, declining to say how.
Police had not released the names or relationships of the shooter and victims as of Saturday.
A relative identified two of those killed on Facebook as Amanda Everitt, 40, and her 16-year-old son Eric. David Everitt, Amanda\u2019s father and Eric\u2019s grandfather, wrote that \u201cthis world just lost two beautiful people and one is clinging to life.\u201d
Everitt wrote that the wounded girl was a hero \u201cwho while shot 4 times still managed to call 911 and identify the shooter.\u201d
At the first home, officers found a 45-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman and 16-year-old boy dead, along with the 13-year-old who had called 911, state police said. At a second home in Missaukee County, they found a 53-year-old man dead.
The suspect was later found dead in a wooded area near Whitlock Lake, along with the body of a 29-year-old woman, state police said. Miller said investigators cannot yet say whether the suspect killed himself, pending an autopsy.
The investigation, including into a possible motive, was ongoing Saturday.
Missaukee County, a rural area in northern Michigan, has a population of around 15,000.
\u201cThis is a very small community, and this type of incident \u2014 and it obviously has rocked and crushed that community at this point,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThey\u2019re looking for answers, and they want to know why.\u201d
Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
Valerie Castro is a NBC News correspondent.
Marin Scott is an Associate Reporter on the Social Newsgathering team.
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