wiegie Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 (edited) Apparently in the last 2 hours somebody has killed 4 people in one home, 2 people in another home, and 1 more person in a third home. The guy is still on the lose and armed with at least a .40 caliber handgun. (This is all within about 8 miles of where I live and apparently they think the guy is currently somewhere within a few blocks of where I work.) :yikes: Edited July 7, 2011 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Stay safe bro, scary sh*t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Stay safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Stay safe bro, scary sh*t. Â Â Seriously. Get home safe Wiegie and stay there until this gets figured out. It seems this is the type of killer that goes out in a blaze of glory so I would bet this comes to the surface really soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 (edited) I'm at home now. (I hope they catch the guy quickly, because I am supposed to play softball in about 90 minutes and where we go out for drinks afterwards is about 5 or so blocks from the first murder scene.) Â I was planning on dropping some stuff off at my job before my game, but I don't think I'll be doing that. Edited July 7, 2011 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'm at home now. (I hope they catch the guy quickly, because I am supposed to play softball in about 90 minutes and where we go out for drinks afterwards is about 5 or so blocks from the first murder scene.) Â Â Where is your family ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Where is your family ? all here--thanks for the concern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 all here--thanks for the concern   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I would avoid softball today if I were you . . . . Stay safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I would avoid softball today if I were you . . . . Stay safe! Â Â Seriously. The team can get by without a mascot for one night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Probably someone who's seen that American Pie video one too many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Wow, scary stuff. Â I didn't realize you lived near GR. I was just in Traverse City this past weekend visiting my best friend. Me and the wife liked it so much we're thinking of moving there. Â Anyways, sorry to get OT - stay safe and skip softball if this loony hasn't been caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 • 4:51 p.m. Seven people are dead in two locations, according to Police Chief Kevin Belk.  • 4:48 p.m. Police are clearing Baynton; the suspect is not there. Police report it was a false lead.  • 4:27 p.m. Tactical unit set up at 25 Baynton Avenue NE. They're using a bullhorn to negotiate with a subject. Area is well kept, tidy homes. Neighbors are being told to stay in their homes.  • 4:20 p.m. Grand Rapids police reportedly found four victims in unknown conditions at 1270 Brynell Court NE off 4 Mile Road; two bodies at 2046 Plainfield Avenue NE and one body in a house on Janes Avenue NE. They have gone to a house on Baynton NE near Aquinas College where a suspect may be.  • 4:15 p.m. Police are reporting four victims at a home on Brynell Court NE.  • 4:05 p.m. Police are trying to track down a suspect reportedly armed with an automatic .40 caliber handgun. Police are seeking a suspect in a tan Lincoln with license plate number BWK 2308.  • 3:38 p.m. Police investigate report of two dead in Plainfield Avenue home. It was not immediately clear whether the deaths were related to an incident on Janes Avenue NE.  • 3:23 p.m. Police block off neighborhood near Janes Avenue NE, near Knapp Street and Coit Avenue, following the standoff incident that began at 2:30 p.m., telling neighbors to stay inside.  • 2:41 p.m.: A Grand Rapids man tells mother on phone that he killed his wife and police respond to the scene. The mother says heard gunshot on the phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Holy Sh!t, I have family near there... Hop it isn't one of my cousin's husbands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Do they know where the shooter is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrip Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Do they know where the shooter is? Â Doesn't sound like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 They still don't have the shooter yet, but they have him cornered in a house that he broke into after a chase. The problem is that he is holding two people hostage. Â (Also, we won our softball game and the hostage situation was a little more than a mile away from our post-game watering hole, so our post-game festivities went on as planned.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 he has released a female hostage  (Also, concerning me leaving my family to go play softball, when I left my house the guy was heading in the other direction and was on the other side of Grand Rapids. I would not have left if I had felt that they were in any danger.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 he has released a female hostage (Also, concerning me leaving my family to go play softball, when I left my house the guy was heading in the other direction and was on the other side of Grand Rapids. I would not have left if I had felt that they were in any danger.)  Dayam!!! Bland Rapids? Stay safe and better yet watch the family close! God Bless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 SWAT is inside the house, but the suspect and a hostage are still holed up in one room  very very tense (listening to the police scanner now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 apparently there are still (at least) two hostages with him (a man and a woman). He is threatening to kill the woman unless he gets some matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 glad you guys are ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 glad you guys are ok  +1. Glad he's cornered too. Hopefully the hostages will make it out safe and sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 And hopefully he won't. Give him some matches but douse him with gasoline first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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