PAW PAW, Mich. (WOOD) — The Van Buren County sheriff said he has purposely stayed away from the criminal investigation surrounding his son’s connection to a homicide earlier this year.
News broke Monday that Sheriff Daniel Abbott’s son, Nikolas Abbott, 23, had been arrested and charged for being an accessory after the alleged murder of Eddie “EJ” Holland at a Bangor-area park. Police called the homicide the result of a drug deal gone bad.
In Michigan State Police reports obtained by Target 8, officers said that the gun used in the homicide belonged to Nik Abbott and that his father contacted police to facilitate reporting the gun stolen following the shooting.
Sheriff Abbott said his son frantically approached him following the shooting, saying that one of his guns was missing. According to the sheriff, his son said that murder suspect Thurman Fletcher had been to his home before the shooting.
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