Michigan mass shooter’s violence had frightened close ones for years. Then came a killing spree.

A judge called Chad Hickman “very violent,” his ex-wife said she feared him, and neighbors changed their daily routines to avoid him.

Before Chad Hickman gunned down five relatives and friends in a tight-knit rural Michigan community, police say, warnings about his disturbing behavior had accumulated for years in his criminal record, allegations from his ex-wife, the words of his own daughter and eventually the assessment of a judge who called him a “very violent person.”

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