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Man accused of shooting two people at Gogebic Co. cabin, killing one

Dec 28, 2021 06:21AM ● By Editor
Nicholas Millard is charged following a homicide at a Marenisco Township cabin. |  Photo: Gogebic Co. Sheriff's Office

From WDIO-TV - December 27, 2021

A prosecutor has filed four felony charges against a Pennsylvania man following a Christmas Eve homicide in Gogebic County.

Thirty-year-old Nicholas Millard of Spring Mills, PA, is accused of shooting two people at a Marenisco Township cabin. Sheriff's deputies, Michigan State Troopers, and officers from the Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Police Department responded to the cabin at 1:15 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 24.

Thomas Fletcher, 49, of Marenisco Township died at the scene. 22-year-old Austin Fletcher of Irvine, CA, was transported to the Ironwood hospital and later transferred to a Duluth hospital, where he was treated and released.

Undersheriff Ross C. Solberg says Millard was arraigned in court on Sunday, Dec. 26. Millard is charged with first-degree homicide and assault with intent to murder, along with two weapons charges. Millard is being held in Gogebic County Jail on $1 million cash bond.


To see the original report and read related stories, follow tis link to the WDIO-TV website. https://www.wdio.com/michigan-up-news/man-accused-of-shooting-two-people-at-gogebic-county-cabin/634...

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