Man salting roads shot dead in pickup truck in Pontiac

A 52-year-old Pontiac man was discovered useless in his pickup truck Saturday night, November 29, from a number of gunshot wounds. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect inside about two hours.

Killed was Antonio Jason Craig, 52, of Pontiac. Officers on patrol encountered a pickup truck geared up with a salt spreader stopped in the midst of Karen Courtroom, simply south of Hopkins Avenue, shortly earlier than 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Officers discovered Craig unconscious within the truck and instantly tried life-saving measures, discovering Craig had a number of gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced useless.

A number of Okay-9 items and a drone unit had been dispatched by the sheriff’s workplace to help the investigation. A possible suspect was recognized and members of the sheriff’s workplace’s Directed Patrol Unit adopted the suspect and stopped a car by which he was a passenger. The suspect, a 26-year-old Pontiac man whose identify has not but been launched, was arrested Saturday round 9:40 p.m. within the parking zone of a Waterford Township restaurant.

The suspect is being held within the Oakland County Jail. Detectives are anticipated to show the case over to prosecutors for arraignment on Tuesday, December 2.

Contact Keith Matheny: kmatheny@freepress.com.