{"id":425708,"date":"2026-08-06T20:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425708\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:12:19","slug":"man-shot-dead-in-pontiac-second-man-injured-the-oakland-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425708\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot dead in Pontiac, second man injured \u2013 The Oakland Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland County Sheriff\u2019s detectives are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another injured at the North Hill Farms apartment complex in Pontiac on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Deputies and STAR EMS responded to the 30 block of Candlelite Lane shortly before 10 p.m. on reports of multiple gunshots fired, the sheriff\u2019s office said. Deputies found a 39-year-old Pontiac man outside an apartment who had a gunshot wound to his hand, and inside the residence found Jethro Jackson, Jr., 53, with a gunshot wound to the upper torso.<\/p>\n

Lifesaving measures were administered at the scene, and then Jackson was transported to McLaren Oakland Hospital where he was pronounced dead, the sheriff\u2019s office said. An autopsy was scheduled.<\/p>\n

\"map\"Screenshot of North Hill Farms in Pontiac, from Google Maps<\/p>\n

The storm door of the apartment where Jackson was found was shattered and multiple bullet holes were seen around the front entrance, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

The man shot in the hand was treated at McLaren Oakland Hospital and released, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Deputies recovered multiple spent shell casings outside the residence, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Anyone with further information on the incident is asked to call the sheriff\u2019s office at 248-858-4950 or provide an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP, where a reward of up to $2,500 is offered for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n

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