MAY 15 UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 62-year-old Joseph Griffith, who was reportedly disabled and wheelchair bound according to sources close to the case.

After a Lincoln Township Police Department investigation, the Berrien County Prosecutor’s Office authorized a felony charge of open murder against 34-year-old Michael Brewer.

Brewer was arrested by the LTPD and lodged on that charge, along with several additional felony charges related to a Coloma Township incident on May 9.

Brewer was arraigned on May 13 for all felony charges stemming from both the Lincoln Township and Coloma Township incidents.

ORIGINAL: LINCOLN TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Lincoln Township Police Department reports an arrest has been made regarding a homicide investigation stemming from an April 14 incident.

Police say on April 14 at around 1:30 p.m., officers responded to Ray's Motel at 4277 Red Arrow Highway after a man discovered his friend deceased in his room.

The victim has only been identified as a 62-year-old white man, who had reportedly been living at the motel for around two years.

The scene was then secured and processed by Lincoln Township investigators with assistance from the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office.

The victim was then taken to Western Michigan University’s Medical Facility for an autopsy, where preliminary findings determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma.

Investigators then conducted numerous interviews and executed various search warrants, leading to a suspect being identified.

On May 9, police say they were continuing the investigation when the suspect was involved in an unrelated incident in Coloma Township.

During that interaction, the report states additional information was obtained and after a stand-off, the suspect, identified as a 34-year-old Coloma Township man, was arrested by the Coloma Township police.

The suspect was taken to the Berrien County Jail on various Coloma Township and BCSO felony charges along with open murder for the Lincoln Township investigation.

The investigation is ongoing.