BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — One man is dead and another is in custody after an overnight shooting in Battle Creek.
Police officers responded to South 22nd Street just south of Territorial Road just after 2 a.m. on Wednesday. There they found a 31-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
That victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Detectives identified a 36-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting. Investigators say he and the victim knew each other.
The two men were in the middle of a heated argument when the suspect opened fire, according to detectives. In a release the Battle Creek Police Department says a third party was the topic of their argument.
Officers found the suspect at a different home in the city, taking him into custody. He is now in jail on an open murder charge.
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