Police: CMU prof arraigned after shots fired at door-to-door vacuum salesmen | MLive.com
The Isabella County Sheriff's Department has arrested a Central Michigan University professor accused of shooting at a group of door-to-door salesmen in Fremont Township.
...At 6:05 p.m. Thursday, June 5, two vacuum-cleaner salesmen approached a residence in the 6000 block of South Vandecar in Fremont Township, knocked on the door and observed a man approach the door without opening it, police reported.
The man, who police identified as Lee, gestured "one minute" by holding an index finger up before walking toward the garage, according to a press release posted on the Sheriff's Department's website.
The salesmen told police they decided to leave.
As their van rolled down the driveway, Lee emerged from a pole barn next to the residence and brandished a long gun, according to police.
Two shots were heard by the van's occupants and they saw Lee pointing the gun at them as they drove away, they told police.
One of the victims reported hearing the pellets "whiz" by his open driver's side window, police said.
Lee is a faculty member in the CMU's human and environmental studies department, said Director of Public Relations Steve Smith.
A note on the professor's classroom door states that class was canceled and the final exam was waived.
...Deputies retrieved a 20-gauge shotgun, and police said they believe alcohol is a factor in the incident.
No one was injured, police said.
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