candgnews.com AUGUST 20, 2025 Vol. 34, No. 19
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EXPLORE No charges for officer involved in fatal shooting TOUTING THE DELIGHTS OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN/16A
BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Shelby Township police officer who fatally shot an armed man earlier this summer will not face criminal charges, according to the Macomb County Sheriff ’s Office.
Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham and Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido explained the investigation’s findings during a press conference Aug. 7 at the Sheriff ’s Office in Mount Clemens. “This type of incident is hard for everybody involved — the officers involved and the family,” Wickersham said.
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Thomas Antonio Jackson, 41, of Troy, died after the June 3 incident in Shelby Township, which police said stemmed from a traffic stop on a white Dodge Caravan near Van Dyke Avenue and 22 Mile Road at approximately 3:16 p.m. At that time, Jackson, of Troy, who authorities say had a suspended license, got out
of the Dodge Caravan he was driving and fled from police, running through the parking lot of a coffee shop and other neighboring businesses. The officer who chased Jackson on foot gave commands for him to stop and eventually deployed a Taser two times, but his See SHOOTING on page 8A
Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation prepares for upcoming Glow Run BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
UTICA — On Sept. 20, community members can participate in the Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation’s 14th annual Glow Run to further support advocacy and active programming for young adults as they address their cancer diagnoses. The Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation was started in 2012 after Cassie Hines, the daughter of CHSCF Executive Director Karen Hines, passed away from a rare form of kidney cancer. Cassie Hines was in high school when she was first battling cancer and passed away when she was in college. “So, she was a young adult who was surrounded by people that loved her and supported her, but there was still a level of isolation and loneliness that was there, and when Cassie, about two years into her treatment, went to a camp program and met other people her age that had similar experiences, different cancers but the same experience, it changed the way she was able to look at her life and just the way that she lived with cancer,” Karen Hines said. “So, before she passed away, she had said, ‘I would love for other people who have to go through what I went through to
ABOVE: A past Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation’s Glow Run sees community members participating in the 5K to further support the foundation’s efforts with supporting programming for young adults with cancer. RIGHT: Participants of a previous Glow Run, hosted by the Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation, pick up glow sticks and bracelets as they prepare for the racing events.
See GLOW RUN on page 15A
Photo provided by Karen Hines
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