Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety

Police in Kalamazoo are asking for the public's help in locating 15 year old Ethan Clayton Bell. Ethan is believed to have run away from home.

A Kalamazoo family is expressing thanks and gratitude to Kalamazoo Firefighters, Police and first responders for their efforts in battling a blaze at the family's home Friday evening.

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.

The KDPS says that sometime Thursday they received a call from someone shot by a paintball gun from a vehicle, in the area of Redwood and Greenwood Avenues in Kalamazoo.

Around 5am Sunday, they learned of two separate incidents in downtown where windows at businesses were smashed, causing thousands of dollars in damage.

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.

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 …

Crews were called to the 800 block of Simpson St. around 2:12pm Sunday on reports of a fire, and arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the second story of the house.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that around 2:20am Monday morning, officers were called to the intersection of Prouty St. and N Burdick St. on reports of a man getting shot.

17-year-old Lylian Elizabeth Blankenship was last seen on Tuesday, October 16th and few other details related to her disappearance have been released.