WLKM Radio 95.9 FM
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pushing for charges against a Schoolcraft-area man who allegedly shot at a group of sandhill cranes.
The incident was detailed in the DNR’s biweekly report for the period ending Jan. 21.
The agency received a complaint of a person trying to illegally harvest the federally protected birds. Investigators found that the suspect recorded himself on video shooting a .22-caliber rifle from a second-story window into a field across the street.
According to investigators, the birds flew away after the first shot and the suspect continued to fire into the air as the cranes left the area. DNR investigators found there are approximately a dozen homes within range of his firearm.
A report is being submitted to the Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The suspect’s identity has not been released because criminal charges have yet to be filed.
