homicide

There were no murders in Grand Rapids in the past month. The police chief also says there hasn’t even been a gunshot wound in the city since the end of January.

On November 6th, 2023, the Grand Rapids Police Department responded to a double homicide near Melville Avenue Southeast.

Grand Rapids Police say they’ve arrested the man who murdered a 15-year-old girl riding her scooter on a busy downtown street. The prosecutor says she was not the intended target.

In Muskegon, two men are in custody in relation to an Open Murder investigation.

The case before the court concerned William Neilly, who, at age 17 was part of a group of four people that killed another teenager in an attempted armed robbery

An investigation by the GRPD Major Case Team is ongoing

EGLE has announced millions in grants, the Kent County Board of Commissioners is reviewing the opioid settlement fund spending plan, Patrick Center has an analysis of the car market so far this year, and more.

Officials say the city of Detroit is on track to record its fewest yearly homicides in nearly six decades.

Grand Rapids police say they believe three murders in the southeast side neighborhood are connected. The victims were discovered yesterday a few hours and a few blocks apart.

Gemir Blakely (19), Omarion Dixon (18), and Cartier Lawrence-Murray (20) face open murder charges, among others, in the death of 20-year-old Julius Hight.