

BATTLE CREEK, MI -- A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 32-year-old man early Sunday morning who died of a gunshot wound after he crashed his car on the way to the hospital.

Police were called on the report of a shooting.

At about 3:30 a.m Battle Creek Police were called to the 200 block of Parkway Drive on a report of a shooting, and were told that the victim left in a vehicle towards the hospital, according to a news release from the department.

The vehicle was located mid-block of Wood Street, where it had struck a tree. The victim was found in the car, transported to the hospital, and later pronounced dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

Officers gathered information and a tracking dog led to a house on Howland Street where a 30-year-old man was located, interviewed and then lodged at the Calhoun County Jail on homicide charges.