UPDATE: The Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau was able to make contact with the suspect and several additional witnesses from tips called in by the public. The investigation is now closed and will be turned over the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
At about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, deputies with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the report of an assault and battery that had occurred in the middle of Latson Road north of Grand River Avenue in Genoa Township. According to a release from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, multiple 911 callers reported a male subject physically assaulted another man after a traffic altercation and left him lying in the middle of the road before fleeing the scene.
Upon the arrival, deputies located a 66-year-old Genoa Township resident lying in the roadway with head trauma from an assault. He was transported by Livingston County EMS to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Witnesses on scene reported the driver of a 2013-2015 silver or beige Chevrolet Malibu was the suspect who exited his vehicle and assaulted the victim. A passenger from the suspect vehicle also exited the vehicle but did not assault the victim. Deputies are asking the passenger or public to contact Deputy Callahan at (517) 546-2440 with information to assist in the investigation.
The suspect vehicle was last seen southbound on Latson Road from Grand Oaks Drive.
The photograph obtained by a witness depicts the suspect on the left assaulting the victim, along with his vehicle and the witness deputies are looking to speak with.
