GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two of the people involved in a shootout after a graduation ceremony at East Kentwood High School last year have pleaded guilty.
Shaakir Abdulwahab and Jacqui Hill pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and having a weapon in a weapon-free school zone, five-year felonies. Abdulwahab pleaded as a third-time habitual offender.
The shooting happened on May 19, 2022, after Crossroads Alternative High School hosted its graduation at East Kentwood. Authorities say a group of people pulled up in a car and opened fire a second group. The second group returned fire, then drove off. The sheriff said “many, many, many” shots were fired.
Two people were injured in the exchange of gunfire: a 16-year-old from Texas, who sustained a gunshot wound to the wrist, and a 40-year-old woman who was shot in the wrist and abdomen.
Abdulwahab and Hill were arrested in the days following the shootout. Four more suspects, 18-year-old Amanti Wilson from Kentwood, two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old were taken into custody in September 2022. Wilson is scheduled for arraignment on weapons charges in February.
Hill is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 22 and Abdulwahab on March 1.