Gunman accused of killing a woman and a dog in a small Michigan village is charged with murder

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – A man called police to report he killed a woman Saturday and now faces one count of open murder and another of killing a dog.

Police found Nichole Marie Doerschler lying in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head after Adam Gerard Lyons called 911 around 10 p.m. on Saturday, October 26th. According to court documents related to his arrest, she was at a home at 120 N. Main Street in the Village of Climax.

Dörschler was pronounced dead moments later.

Lyons is charged with open murder in Doerschler's death, which carries a maximum sentence of life, and with killing/torturing an animal related to the Cane Corso that was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Lyons was also charged with two counts of felony firearm.

Lyons was arraigned on these charges on Tuesday, October 29th. Bond was rejected.

Chief Prosecutor Jeff Williams said there was evidence that Doerschler and Lyons knew each other before this incident, but declined to comment further on how they knew each other.

During a conversation with a 911 dispatcher, Lyons said he would “beat up” anyone who showed up, court documents say. He cried, swore and raged, documents say.

Officers found the man leaning against a fence in his backyard with a loaded gun next to him and another in his waistband. More firearms were found around the house.

The village of Climax has a population of over 700 and is located in eastern Kalamazoo County.

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