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A 13-year-old girl in Michigan survived being shot four times in a shooting spree that left six people dead – including the suspected attacker – and called emergency help herself shortly before investigators identified the gunman, according to a state police official and her family.

Chad Hickman, 39, was identified as the suspected shooter. He is alleged to have killed five people across three locations in Michigan’s Missaukee county and was later found dead next to a shooting victim in a wooded area after police launched a manhunt.

She “called 911 to report that she had been shot,” state police spokesperson Lt. Ashley Miller said. The suspect had fled before officers arrived, but investigators had no doubt about his identity, Miller said.

A relative, in a Facebook post, identified two of the victims killed as 40-year-old Amanda Everitt and her son, Eric, age 16.

Everitt asked for prayers for the 13-year-old victim, his granddaughter, “who while shot 4 times still managed to call 911 and identify the shooter”.

Authorities previously said there were multiple shooters, but no more information has been provided about any additional suspects.

An investigation into the shooting is being led by the Chesterfield County Police, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office.

The case in Lexington was one of nine mass shootings in the US over the weekend beginning Saturday. The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) classifies a mass shooting as one in which four or more victims are killed or wounded.

As of Sunday morning, there had been more than 300 mass shootings reported across the US so far for the year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.