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Michigan AG: Ogemaw County deputy to face charges, East Lansing officers justified in use of force

East Lansing police block entrances to the Lake Lansing Road Meijer store following a shooting by police on Monday, April 25, 2022.
Sarah Lehr
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East Lansing police block entrances to the Lake Lansing Road Meijer store following a shooting by police on Monday, April 25, 2022.

Michigan’s attorney general will not pursue charges against East Lansing Police Department officers for shooting a suspect in a Meijer parking lot this past April.

Officials say the officers fired a total of eight rounds at the suspect after responding to a call about someone entering the Meijer while wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun.

Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office feels “very confident” about clearing the officers in this case.

“We look at the totality of the circumstances and we look to see whether or not there was a deadly threat that was posed either to law enforcement or to members of the public,” said Nessel.

Nessel did not give further details about what the officers knew about the suspect before chasing him out of the store and into the parking lot.

He now faces charges relating to the gun and for allegedly shoplifting corn.

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