The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that the first of three investigations began last Friday evening, where a vehicle was contacted and searched in the area of Fox Ridge Dr.
About 7pm Monday, a 21-year-old Battle Creek man called police after he says someone threatened him with a gun at the Thunderbird Trailer Park in Springfield.
The Battle Creek Police were called to the Speedway gas station around 1:06am Tuesday, after the 18-year-old woman says her former boyfriend entered the store and attacked her.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that shortly after midnight Monday, officers were called to the 1500 block of Hays Park Ave. where a woman said her boyfriend assaulted her before running off on foot with a gun. She had suffered physical injury in the attack.
40-year-old Leandrew Martin was on trial for charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, four counts of felony firearm, and four other felony weapons counts.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that around 2:09pm Saturday, officers were called to the store in the 2100 block of Parkview Ave. on reports of shoplifting; they made contact, and as they were attempting to detain their suspect, he threw a handgun to the side and managed to pull away and escape.
48-year-old Trent Davis was sentenced to between 52 and 77 years in prison on charges of assault with intent to murder and felony firearm; he will also serve between 6 and 10 years in prison on other charges concurrently.
25-year-old Thomas Wyatt pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 28-year-old William Bolton, with prosecutors dropping charges of careless discharge of a weapon causing death.
During a press conference Thursday morning, BCPD Sgt. Case said that further evidence uncovered during their investigation on January 2 into the death of 58-year-old Howard Gillette shed more light on the chain of events involved in this incident.