MASON COUNTY, MI. (THECOUNT) — The Mason County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed an active shooter in Mason County on Tuesday.

Few details have been provided but what we do know is the shooter is near US 31 between Hoague Road and Koenig in Manistee.

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The area is currently barricaded and authorities are asking that you stay away from the area, reports 9and10News.

Details are extremely limited at this time but we will continue to follow any developments.

Geo quick facts: Manistee is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,226 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Manistee County. The name “Manistee” is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county – Wikipedia.