Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on July 15, 2020, a shooting at a residence on 505 S. Bradley Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan left 33-year-old Chad Kuzma dead. Officers who arrived at about 2:53 a.m. found Kuzma deceased and a 25-year-old Mount Pleasant man with a gunshot wound; the younger man was taken for treatment and later released.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department called the incident a homicide and detectives worked with the Michigan State Police, Isabella County Sheriff’s Department and Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police. Investigators developed leads and identified 29-year-old Charles Reid of Saginaw County as the alleged shooter. Reid was arrested and arraigned on July 22, 2020, on charges including homicide-open murder, assault with intent to murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and three counts of felony firearm, and was held on a $1,600,000 cash bond.

Anyone who knew Chad Kuzma or witnessed the events at the Bradley Street residence is asked to share information that could help clarify what happened.