CRIME & SAFETY

In a distressing incident that has left a community in shock, a woman was found shot to death in a car near downtown Grand Rapids. Wyoming police have been actively investigating the case and recently conducted a search warrant in connection with the shooting. The tragic event, which took place on May 31, has gripped the attention of local authorities and the public alike. This blog post aims to provide an overview of the incident and the ongoing investigation.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The vehicle belonging to a Grand Rapids man reported as missing and endangered was found Sunday, June 4, in Cass County. Tracking dogs were brought to the scene in Pokagon Township, near Dowagiac, in an effort to find Johnny Hollis Bolden, 76. He was last...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Police Department says they responded to reports of shots fired at the Blue Bridge overnight. They say the gunfire happened at around 3:40 a.m. from a crowd of people on the bridge. Police say that nobody was hurt as a result of...

Multiple overnight crashes leave drivers in serious conditions. One was injured in a hit and run, the other involved a driver arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

A woman is in the hospital after she was hit while trying to help after a crash in Grand Rapids early Sunday morning.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A woman who stopped to help at an crash scene early Sunday, June 4, was critically injured in a second crash. The initial crash was reported at 1:17 a.m. at 28th Street SE and Madison Avenue. Grand Rapids police said that a vehicle on Madison ran a flashing red light and collided with a vehicle on 28th Street.

Friends and family members of 22-year-old Leah Gomez, who was shot and killed in downtown Grand Rapids Wednesday, held a candlelight vigil for her in Wyoming.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A woman killed by a drunken driver in September on East Beltline Avenue also lost her husband in 2021 because of a drunken driver, her sister told a judge. Danielle Duran talked about her sister, 54-year-old Clarissa Duran, on Wednesday, May 31, during a sentencing hearing for the man responsible for her death.

A Walker man who was sentenced to life without parole for a triple murder he was convicted of as a teenager was resentenced this week.

One person is dead after being hit by a vehicle in downtown Grand Rapids early Friday morning.

WYOMING, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Police Department is still searching for the man they believe to be a person of interest in a recent downtown homicide. Friday, GRPD and Wyoming PD conducted a "high-risk search warrant" in the area of Johanna Avenue SW, in search of 27-year-old Luis "Fabian" Bernal-Sosa.

Wyoming Police say a "high-risk" search warrant is being executed in connection to the shooting death of a woman in downtown Grand Rapids this week. The warrant is being carried out in the area of Burton Street and Johanna Avenue. Wyoming Police say they are assisting Grand Rapids Police at...

A Friday fire damaged the mausoleum at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery in Grand Rapids.

WYOMING, Mich — The man accused of shooting and killing his own daughter in Wyoming in February of 2022 will stand trial. Seninta Parks appeared in Wyoming District Court Friday for a preliminary hearing which included testimony from responding officers, witnesses and the mother of 2-year-old Khalise Brewer. Brewer...

WEST MICHIGAN — The Kent County Sheriff's office received a tip that a teenage girl walking home from school Thursday afternoon, had her arm grabbed by a suspicious man. Around 12 p.m., the 15-year-old told authorities she was walking home near Troyview Drive and 14 Mile Court, when she felt her arm being grabbed, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Office.

WYOMING, Michigan — Ashley Reil is the Aunt of Leah Gomez, the 22-year-old mom killed in a shooting Wednesday afternoon near Commerce Avenue and Wealthy Street. "She did it full throttle, never looked back, never questioned anything," said Reil. "She gave her whole being to being her mom, and now she doesn't have her mom."

A movement to protest gun violence has people wearing orange across the country

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Black motorist says police targeted him because of his race when he was followed, held at gunpoint and detained for over an hour before he was let go. Johnathan Gafford has filed a federal lawsuit against the cities of Grand Rapids and Kentwood, their police departments and police officers.

Grand Rapids Police said the fatal shooting happened downtown and her baby wasn't hurt. The woman's father identified her as Leah Marie Gomez.

KENT COUNTY, MI - Kambria Brewer was alarmed when she FaceTimed her daughter and saw the girl’s father holding a gun behind his head. Her daughter, Khalise, 2, was staying with her father, Seninta Parks, for a couple of days. When Brewer saw the pistol, she said she was coming for her daughter.