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  2. 1 dead, 1 injured in road rage shooting in Sparta

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    One male was fatally shot and another seriously injured in an altercation that followed what police called a road rage incident in Sparta Township. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. Monday, May 22 in the parking lot of Sparta Chevrolet. Occupants of two vehicles involved in the road rage situation pulled over into the lot, where a physical altercation ensued, according to Kent County Undersh…Read More

  3. Newly installed fencing on parking garages in Grand Rapids deters suicides

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    The city of Grand Rapids installed special fencing on the top of its parking garages three years ago to help prevent suicides or falls. The move came after three people had died. Since the fencing was installed in 2014, the city has had one death associated with someone jumping from one of the city's seven parking structures. That death occurred in April. In Grand Rapids, fencing installation star…Read More

  4. 3 officers sent on leave while fatal police shooting under investigation

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    Three Grand Rapids Police officers are on a paid administrative leave for their involvement in the officer-involved shooting that killed an 18-year-old Grand Rapids man. Police said the three officers were placed on leave pending a Michigan State Police investigation, as is protocol following an officer-involved shooting. The department declined to comment on specific details in the case until aft…Read More

  5. Passenger dies while driver flees on foot after Grand Rapids crash

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    Police are investigating a fatal crash in which a male passenger was killed and the driver fled Wednesday evening at the border of Grand Rapids and Wyoming. The incident occurred around 11:05 p.m. at the intersection of Division Avenue and Alger Street, near the Log Cabin bar. Police determined an SUV was traveling north on Division approaching the Alger intersection when it struck the median. The…Read More

  6. License plate scanners get approval from Grand Rapids commission

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    The Grand Rapids City Commission is planning to move forward with the use of license plate scanning equipment to enforce parking in the city. The commission voted unanimously, 7-0, in its Committee of the Whole meeting on May 9, to seek bids for the scanners. A final vote to approve the measure is expected later. Though both the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan's western region unit and…Read More

  7. 18 year old man shot by Grand Rapids police during gunfire exchange dies

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    Malik Carey, the 18-year-old shot by police after he fired at officers, has died at St. Mary's Hospital, a relative said.   Police also confirmed about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, that he had died.   Carey was shot after police say he fired upon them in the 1300 block of Dickinson Street SE in early afternoon.   Police initially responded to the area about 12:30 p.m. and made contact with Carey…Read More

  8. Man attempts to rob Taco Bell, gets away with nothing

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      Police are investigating the attempted robbery of a Grand Rapids Taco Bell restaurant in which the suspect escaped with no money. Officers from the Grand Rapids Police Department were dispatched around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 3 to the eatery at 605 Leonard Street NW. Preliminary investigation determined a white man in his 40s entered the store, implied he had a gun and demanded money before fl…Read More

  9. Video shows women damaging party store before employee gets ran over in parking lot

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    Surveillance camera video shows three women damaging a party store moments before a store employee was run over in the parking lot. Workers at T & J Party store say they want to identify the women and have released the surveillance video and still images of them. The employee, had a broken pelvis, broken ribs, broken teeth and bleeding on the brain after the incident, according to a family fri…Read More

  10. 5 questions on Grand Rapids police racial bias and how Grand Rapids responded

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    Grand Rapids residents have spent the last two evenings publicly admonishing the city's police department following newly-released data proving implicit racial bias is a factor in traffic stops. The study shows black motorists are twice as likely to be stopped by police within the city limits as non-black drivers. "The findings are very disappointing," reiterated City Manager Greg Sundstrom. "This…Read More