MEARS, Mich. — Michigan State Police lifted a shelter in place order after an armed man was shot and killed by law enforcement in the Mears area.
According to a post from MSP on X, troopers with the Hart Post began looking for 59-year-old Don Stapel Jr. around 1 p.m. Sunday.
Residents living along the 7500 block of Fox Road, just east of North 34th Avenue, were asked to shelter in place while they searched a wooded area.
MSP said Stapel was found in a outbuilding.
At approximately 6:40 p.m., he was fatally wounded during the police response.
Other details, including what led up to the shooting, are not known at this time.
Per MSP department policy, detectives from the Fifth District Investigative Response Team (IRT) are handling the investigation.
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