Michigan man killed by police during raid told fiancée he ‘did not want to go back to jail,’ reports show Updated Apr 08, 2021; Posted Apr 08, 2021 Police on the scene of a shooting that occurred in the 400 block of East Broad Street in Chesaning the morning of Jan. 7, 2021. (Photo provided by Chesaning police) Facebook Share CHESANING, MI — John R. Neitling did not want to return to jail, a sentiment he repeatedly told his fiancée since their last stint behind bars on methamphetamine charges. Before the sun rose on a bitter January morning, Neitling would prove his resolve to never again be incarcerated. As law enforcement gathered outside his Chesaning apartment to serve their latest warrant in a search for meth, Neitling smashed a hole in his wall, pointed an apparent gun through it, and cursed police.