His name had not been released as police were still interviewing him late into the evening. There were no apparent witnesses to the shooting of Rood, though a woman who lived nearby heard the shots. It didn't cross my mind that people are shooting people. It wasn't until Adams saw the ambulance helicopter that she went down to see what had happened. I keep a loaded pistol near me in my house now.
Police expect to release the identities of the suspects after today's arraignment.
Officers are also looking into their possible involvement in robberies in Copemish and Benzie County in recent years, police said. One of the men is also believed to have been previously charged with safe-cracking downstate, Denslow said. The men rented the U-Haul in their own names in Traverse City, where they are said to have friends, Harris said. Staff writer Bill Echlin and The Associated Press contributed to this report. The Traverse City Record-Eagle.