Deputies were called to the Leroy Township home to see the man physically assault a woman; he then barricaded himself inside the house and said he was armed.
The officer reported the shooting Thursday morning, which happened at his apartment in the 1100 block of E. Michigan Ave. The officer had been alone in his apartment, and the gun was his, but it wasn’t his service weapon.
21-year-old Austin Wells was bound over for trial Wednesday on charges of felonious assault, in addition to three counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and felony firearm.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to Banbury Rd. near Portage St. around 12:30pm Monday, on a shots fired call; gunfire was even heard by dispatchers as they were on the line.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to the area of West Frank Street and North Westnedge Avenue on a report of multiple shots fired at approximately 11:21 p.m. Thursday night.
Prosecutor David Gilbert released an opinion this week in the case of 46-year-old Joel Kellay, which said that an autopsy determined Kellay actually died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The three occupants of the vehicle, two men aged 28 and one 32, were arrested on charges of being felons in possession of handguns and carrying concealed weapons.