MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 19-year-old Ray Township man faces felony charges after an ATM in Macomb Township was shot multiple times by a pellet gun.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office released surveillance images Monday of a man armed with a pellet gun in a vehicle outside a Comerica Bank on 26 Mile Road. The Sheriff's Office said the pellets caused damage to the machine and windows in the front of the bank. The damage to the machine and glass were more than $1,000.
The 19-year-old man has been arrested and faces charges including malicious destruction of property and discharging a firearm from a vehicle. He has not been arraigned yet.
The Sheriff's Office said after the surveillance images were released they received a second related report:
According to a 38 year-old Macomb Township man, on September 4th, at approximately 10 p.m., he was driving to the Kroger’s (26 Mile/Romeo Plank) and he was in the parking lot of an adjacent strip mall when he passed a white four-door sedan which was also in the parking lot. The man told a sheriff deputy that he observed the sedan stopped and that the windows were all rolled down on the sedan.
He states that as he passed the vehicle, he heard 2 to 4 “pops” coming from the side of the vehicle.
After he drove past the white sedan, the vehicle sped off at a high-rate of speed.
After he parked in the parking lot of Kroger’s, he inspected his vehicle and found 2 “dents” in the front passenger door, near the door handle. The man did not report the incident at the time that it occurred, however, after seeing the Sheriff’s Facebook post about the damage to the ATM in the Bank, he realized that the incidents were related. He called the Sheriff’s Office on 09-12-16.
Meanwhile, Shelby Township police are investigating reports of car windows being shot out by someone with a pellet gun. It's not known if these cases are related.
Here is Local 4's report from Monday night: