From the desk of Sheriff Scott Bradley

On May 17, 2017 at 11:20 p.m., The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call at 751 Pumpkin Center Road. A 911 call from a person at the residence claimed that there had been a shooting where the a resident of that address was shot in the chest

Deputies responded to find that Mr. Chalupski had sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest. A witness at the scene explained what had happened to the responding Deputy(s) and that the suspect had left the scene driving a lawn mower back to her residence just down the road. Investigators arrived shortly after the initial call to process the scene. Contact was made with the suspect who lied just down the road.

Janet Weaver, 54 of Clinton was arrested and charged for Battery in the First Degree – Class B Felony. Ms. Weaver was released from the Van Buren County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond. This case is on-going with the possibility of other charges being filed.