A Canton Township father was killed Saturday after he allegedly was shot by a neighbor on Cornell Street who was angry the man’s daughter had touched his mulch, according to police and the Michigan GOP.
The father, 35, was killed in the 200 block of Cornell Street, police said. The victim was not identified by police, but the Michigan GOP released a statement identifying the man as Nathan Morris.
“We are devastated to share the tragic news about Nathan Morris, who was senselessly take from us while protecting his family in Canton,” the statement said.
He was secretary of the 6th Congressional District Republican Committee, according to a post on X by the state GOP. The statement said Morris was walking with his family in his neighborhood when “his daughter touched the mulch … of one of the neighbors.”
The neighbor became angry, the post said. Morris sent his daughter home and subsequently was shot.
When police responded to a call at 11:48 a.m., they found Morris bleeding in the street and transferred him to a local hospital, where he died, according to Canton Township police.
The neighbor barricaded himself in his home following the shooting, police said. He eventually surrendered. The suspect remains jailed, police said.
Is it really about the mulch?
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