Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 12:30:00 P.M. EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (wood) — The Grand Rapids Police Department is investigating a number of shootings that happened in the city early Saturday morning.
The first incident GRPD responded to happened just after 1 a.m. this morning in the 3000 block of Marshall Ave SE where police were told someone was shot.
After arriving, people fled from a party that was going on and officers found two women who were shot. Both were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The second incident happened just before 4 a.m. where officers on patrol heard gunshots coming from the area of 6th St Park in the 700 block of Monroe Ave NW. Police found a number of vehicles fleeing the park and recovered around 50 shell casings after arriving on scene.
[GRA: My side of town.]
After further investigation, three men showed up at local area hospitals with gunshot wounds. Two of the men suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while the third is still listed as being in serious condition.
Police believe the shootout involved handguns and rifles on both sides, and one shot pierced an occupied hotel room window nearby. No one was hit by the errant bullet.
The third shooting incident GRPD is investigating happened around 5 a.m. in the area of Franklin St and Eastern Ave SE where they found a man with a gunshot wound who was taken to a local hospital and is believed to be in critical condition.
Police also responded to the follow [sic] locations Friday night and Saturday morning to investigate shootings where no one was injured [wounded]:
1300 block of Blossom Street SE
900 block of Sheridan Avenue SE
400 block of Lake Drive SE
800 block of Neland Avenue SE
1000 block of Norwich Avenue SW
At this time there is no suspect information on any of these incidents.
[GRA: All ghetto areas.]
“With as many people as were involved, or nearby, all of these incidents, someone knows something. Someone saw something. Someone recorded something,” stated Grand Rapids Police Chief [black] Eric Payne. “I’m reaching out to the parents, the grandparents, the ones in these young people’s lives who know what’s happening. Work with me to keep everyone in Grand Rapids safe.”
Investigators with the GRPD Major Case Team are encouraging anyone with information to contact detectives directly at (616) 456-3380 or anonymously through Silent Observer at (616) 774-2345
GRA: Maybe this is the official start of summer in “nigsville,” i.e., Grand Rapids.
--GRA
And to all this Gerry Ford would have said. GR used to be such a nice place. What possibly could have happened for all this mischief to occur? Golly! I am stumped.
ReplyDeleteAll these shootings were wasted opportunities for some "thug reduction".Better luck next time.
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COINCIDENCE OR NOT?WHY THE SUDDEN GUNFIRE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BLACK TEMPER TANTRUM OVER POLICE HIRE OF WHITE AS CHIEF OF STAFF
ReplyDeleteGRA:Wouldn't surprise me if the two are connected.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Protesters from several activist groups gathered Friday on Breonna Taylor Way in Grand Rapids to protest the Grand Rapids Police Department’s hiring of Karianne Thomas as chief of staff.
“What the hell are you hiring her for?” said Jakari, who is a member of the 616 Young Black Panther Party, as he spoke to the crowd.
Thomas is the former chief of Kalamazoo’s Department of Public Safety. KDPS faced public scrutiny last year while she was chief for how it handled racial inequality protests, downtown vandalism and a Proud Boys rally.
GRA:I cut the article there,but black after black went onstage downtown and spoke into a microphone,to scream about Karianne Thomas being hired.It's been fairly quiet all year--with only 2 to 3 murders and a few shootings--but then Saturday,all hell broke loose.
Coincidence?Possibly,but the blacks absolutely hate Whitey being hired to this position and the black crime explosion seems to be a response--at least in my humble opinion.
--GRA
It used to be that Benton Harbor MI had all the violence. Was the main trans-shipment point for cocaine for all of Michigan. Benton Harbor now having been replace by GR? GR is not so far from Benton Harbor. Erik Prince of Blackwater fame is from the area. Maybe he can bring his mercenaries to town and clean things up.
ReplyDeleteGrand Rapids long has been known as the unofficial capital of Dutch ethnic America. It seems that black thugs now rule the roost there. Astounding and traqic how this could happen in so short a time.
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