Kirk Culik, a 66-year-old Hillsdale man, is in custody in Hillsdale County and he is being charged with open murder and possession of a firearm during the act of a felony. The charge was a result of the Saturday shooting that killed a teen boy in Hillsdale County.
Officers say they were dispatched to a house on Mill Street at about 7pm for reports of an altercation and shooting. Upon arrival authorities found a 16-year-old boy who had been critically injured. The boy, along with a man, were both transferred to Henry Ford Allegiance Health Center where the boy was pronounced dead.
Culik is claiming self-defense. Authorities state that Kulick had an altercation with three juveniles that was carried into the street. Pushing was said to be a part of the confrontation that led to Culik pulling a gun and shooting one of the teens. Culik owned the gun legally.
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