Suspect in custody after Pontiac man found fatally shot in pickup truck

Suspect arrested after Saturday night homicide in Pontiac

Little more than two hours after the body of a Pontiac man was discovered fatally shot inside his pickup truck Saturday night, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives had arrested the suspected shooter. The suspect, a 26-year-old Pontiac man, is being held in the Oakland County Jail. Detectives are expected to turn the case over to prosecutors for charges as soon as Tuesday. “With swift, coordinated work and the full strength of our combined resources, our team was able to identify the suspect in this senseless homicide, locate him, and take him into custody,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. “I look forward to seeing him held fully accountable.” The suspect is accused in the death of Antonio Jason Craig, 52, of Pontiac. Deputies on patrol discovered a pickup truck equipped with a salt spreader stopped in the middle of Karen Court, just south of Hopkins Avenue shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Deputies found Craig unresponsive inside the truck and immediately attempted life saving measures during which time they discovered Craig had multiple gunshot wounds.

PONTIAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - - A suspect is in custody after a Pontiac man was found fatally shot inside his pickup truck Saturday night, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

The backstory:

Detectives arrested the suspected shooter — a 26-year-old Pontiac man — a little more than two hours after deputies discovered the victim, identified as 52-year-old Antonio Jason Craig. 

According to the sheriff's office, deputies on patrol found Craig unresponsive inside a pickup truck with a salt spreader in the middle of Karen Court, south of Hopkins Avenue, shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. They began life-saving efforts and then discovered he had multiple gunshot wounds.

After detectives identified a possible suspect, the authorities tracked him down and arrested him around 9:40 p.m. in a restaurant parking lot at Dixie Highway and Scott Lake Road in Waterford Township. Deputies stopped the vehicle he was riding in before taking him into custody.

What they're saying:

"With swift, coordinated work and the full strength of our combined resources, our team was able to identify the suspect in this senseless homicide, locate him, and take him into custody," Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a statement. "I look forward to seeing him held fully accountable."

What's next:

The suspect is being held in the Oakland County Jail, and investigators expect to turn the case over to prosecutors for charging as soon as Tuesday.