Deceased identified as 33-year-old Lapeer resident Arthur Lee Kohn

LAPEER — Updated Mon., Dec. 30, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

A 33-year-old Lapeer man was shot and has died of his injuries following a dispute between two men at the Clark gas station on South Main Street in Lapeer this morning.

Arthur Lee Kohn was later identified as the man who was shot. Kohn was transported to McLaren Lapeer Region where he was pronounced dead.

At 7:16 a.m. police were dispatched to the gas station, located just south of the railroad tracks, when a person notified an employee that a man had been shot in the parking lot. Responding officers from the Lapeer Police Dept., Michigan State Police and Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. found a man unresponsive on the ground. MSP Troopers began CPR.

Preliminary indications, said Chief Dave Frisch, said a dispute escalated to shots being fired by one person.

A 34-year-old Lapeer man has been taken into custody. “The investigation is ongoing. We’re working to determine the events that led up to the shooting,” said Frisch, who indicated police this morning were still notifying next of kin.

Brandon Gott, 25, of Deerfield Township, was inside the gas station when the shooting incident occurred. “It sounds like somebody cut someone off. The man (who was allegedly cut off) got out and was threatening the other guy with a crowbar and the other guy shot. It seems like it was self-defense,” said Gott.

“The guy came in and said ‘Call the cops. I just shot somebody,’” Gott told The County Press. “He was real calm, considering.”

A County Press reporter observed a crowbar, blood on the cement and a cellphone lying on the ground next to a running pickup truck.

Assisting Lapeer Police in the shooting investigation is the crime scene investigative team from the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept.

An autopsy is expected to be performed by the Lapeer County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The County Press will update the story as more information becomes available. A full story will be published in the Jan. 5 edition of the newspaper.