Hillsdale County police officer shot by suspect

Lina Portman1 week ago

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A Hillsdale County sheriff's deputy was killed in a shootout with a suspect Thursday afternoon, Michigan State Police said.

The suspect was killed by police who found him after evading law enforcement for a few hours, according to the agency.

Shortly after 4 p.m., police were searching for Eric Michael Fiddler in connection with the shooting of the deputy, who later died from his injuries. Troopers found Fiddler in a field near Culbert Road and Osseo Road South around 6:15 p.m., according to a post on X, and he opened fire on officers when they told him to surrender.

Fiddler allegedly shot the deputy in the area of Beecher Road and Lamb Road.

State police did not release the deputy's identity, age or circumstances of the shooting, saying more information would be provided Friday.

“Colonel Grady and members of MSP are heartbroken to learn of the on-duty death of a Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office deputy, the second officer to be killed this week while serving Michigan residents,” MSP said on X Thursday night.

“We extend our sincere condolences to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office and the family and friends of this slain deputy. »

This is the second death of a sheriff's deputy in Michigan in less than a week.

Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy Bradley Reckling, 30, was killed Saturday while working undercover. Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Reckling, a nine-year veteran, was following a 2022 Chevrolet Equinox belonging to a Rochester Hills couple that was stolen from Red Oaks Waterpark in Madison Heights between 1 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Saturday.

Reckling was one of three detectives from the bureau's auto theft unit who canvassed Detroit's east side looking for the vehicle near Park Grove and Schoenherr about five hours after the theft. He was fatally shot in what Bouchard described as an ambush.

“Prayers to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office as we lost another deputy there,” Bouchard said Thursday night.

Condolences from other Michigan first responder agencies poured in on social media Thursday night.

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Lina Portman

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