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Frederick Charles, 37, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to 60 years in prison Thursday for six counts of attempted murder, two counts of criminal mischief, and one count of resisting law enforcement.

Judge Kent Apsley ordered Charles to serve 50 years in prison, which will be followed by 10 years on probation.

The charges stem from an incident on west State Road 44 on Feb. 7, 2021.

Charles had traveled from Michigan and was livestreaming that he was about to do “something really big,” and claiming that he was unarmed, though he could clearly be heard loading ammunition into a magazine.

Charles claimed that the police had been after him for quite a while and said that he was going to be famous and that people would know his name. He warned his followers not to let the children watch what he was about to do. He then stopped livestreaming and began stopping traffic on SR 44 and shooting at the people in the cars.

He eventually jumped onto the hood of one car and tried to shoot the driver, but the gun was out of ammunition, as he dropped a box of ammo onto the hood of the car accidentally. That driver took off, flipping Charles over the car. Charles then threw that gun aside and got another gun and resumed his attack.

Several vehicles were struck by the bullets, but no people were shot. When that gun was empty, Charles waited for police to arrive, rammed his vehicle through an overhead door on a barn, and began driving through the cornfield, while police tried to stop him. Officers were eventually able to ram his vehicle off the road with the SWAT response truck. Officers then took him into custody.

“Charles livestreamed the chase and his arrest, and was clearly hoping to gain fame in setting up for police to shoot him after he claimed to be unarmed and after he had thrown both pistols to the side of State Road 44, so that people would ‘know [his] name,’” Shelby County Prosecutor Brad Landwerlen said in a press release.

The victims reported various effects from the incident other than the damage to their vehicles. Some become very nervous driving on that part of State Road 44. Some become frightened when they see a car stopped alongside the roadway. Some were too frightened to attend the sentencing hearing Thursday.

“I commend how the victims and public handled that day, and certainly commend the police for the way they handled this incredibly dangerous situation,” Landwerlen said.

“Based on his claims while livestreaming (such as that he had to leave Michigan after an incident the previous night, and that he does not know where he is), it does not appear that Charles ‘picked’ Shelby County, but instead just happened to be here when he decided to launch his deadly plan in search of fame,” Landwerlen said.

Charles was represented by Indianapolis attorney Ralph Staples. Landwerlen prosecuted the case.

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