LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police say two men died after they were shot early Sunday in western Michigan when a man fired a gun in celebration during a fireworks display at a New Year’s party.
Deputies with the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office were called to the shooting scene just after midnight.
Police say a 40-year-old man died at the scene and 35-year-old man died later at a hospital.
Sheriff’s deputies determined the shooting happened at small New Year’s Eve party and that the gunshots were fired as fireworks were being set off in Van Buren County’s Lawrence Township.
A 62-year-old man was arrested at the scene for reckless discharge of a firearm causing death.
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