07-07-2011, 07:55 PM
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7 shot dead
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man finds out daughter dead
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• 7:49 p.m. Police receive a second call from suspect's cell phone.
• 7:32 p.m. Police have received a call from Rodrick Dantzler indicating he has taken hostages. Shots were heard fired from inside the apartment where hostages were taken.
• 7:25 p.m. Rodrick Dantzler is believed to have entered an apartment near Soft Water Lake near Plainfield Avenue, north of I-96. The apartments are on Rickman Street fronting the lake. He kicked in the back door of the apartment and three shots were heard by authorities.
• 7:19 p.m. The suspect's vehicle has crashed in the ditch on I-96. The suspect is fleeing on foot, chased by armed Special Response Team members.
• 7:08 p.m. Police are involved in a chase, possibly with mass murder suspect Rodrick Dantzler, through downtown Grand Rapids and onto northbound U.S. 131, then eastbound I-96. Shots were fired during the chase; dispatchers report a civilian bystander was struck in the center of downtown Grand Rapids at Division Avenue and Fulton Street.
• 7 p.m. There will be no Little League games played in the city of Grand Rapids tonight due to the ongoing manhunt.
• 6:53 p.m. Here is an updated photo of Rodrick Dantzler [via WZZM]
• 6:50 p.m. A man matching Rodrick Dantzler's description has been spotted at Westgate Bowling Alley parking lot near York Creek.
• 6:45 p.m. A car matching the description of suspect Rodrick Dantzler's vehicle has been spotted with its rear window shot in York Creek Apartments in Comstock Park. A portion of Alpine Avenue near the large apartment complex has been closed for police investigation.
• 5:57 p.m. Press archives reveal 3 other multiple homicide cases. Today's mass murder appears to have the highest body count in city history.
• 5:43 p.m. Today's killing rampage appears to stem from domestic issues. A friend said that a woman who was involved with Dantzler lived at the Plainfield address where two women and one child, reportedly a 10-year-old girl, were found shot to death. A friend also said that the family of a woman with whom Dantzler had a relationship lived on Brynell Court NE, where three adult women and an adult man were found dead.
• 5:30 p.m. Police believe a separate shooting on Grandville Avenue SW near Martha Street, involving gunfire between occupants in two cars, one of which met the description of the suspect's vehicle, is also related to this rampage.
• 5:06 p.m. Police scanner traffic indicates the suspect, Rodrick Dantzler, 34, 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, may be traveling with a white woman in a tan Lincoln Town Car with license plate number BWK 2308. The woman may be driving. Dantzler is believed to be armed and dangerous.
• 4:51 p.m. Seven people are dead in two locations, according to Police Chief Kevin Belk.
7 shot dead
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/i...rt_mu.html
photos:
http://photos.mlive.com/4469/gallery/pol...index.html
man finds out daughter dead
• 7:49 p.m. Police receive a second call from suspect's cell phone.
• 7:32 p.m. Police have received a call from Rodrick Dantzler indicating he has taken hostages. Shots were heard fired from inside the apartment where hostages were taken.
• 7:25 p.m. Rodrick Dantzler is believed to have entered an apartment near Soft Water Lake near Plainfield Avenue, north of I-96. The apartments are on Rickman Street fronting the lake. He kicked in the back door of the apartment and three shots were heard by authorities.
• 7:19 p.m. The suspect's vehicle has crashed in the ditch on I-96. The suspect is fleeing on foot, chased by armed Special Response Team members.
• 7:08 p.m. Police are involved in a chase, possibly with mass murder suspect Rodrick Dantzler, through downtown Grand Rapids and onto northbound U.S. 131, then eastbound I-96. Shots were fired during the chase; dispatchers report a civilian bystander was struck in the center of downtown Grand Rapids at Division Avenue and Fulton Street.
• 7 p.m. There will be no Little League games played in the city of Grand Rapids tonight due to the ongoing manhunt.
• 6:53 p.m. Here is an updated photo of Rodrick Dantzler [via WZZM]
• 6:50 p.m. A man matching Rodrick Dantzler's description has been spotted at Westgate Bowling Alley parking lot near York Creek.
• 6:45 p.m. A car matching the description of suspect Rodrick Dantzler's vehicle has been spotted with its rear window shot in York Creek Apartments in Comstock Park. A portion of Alpine Avenue near the large apartment complex has been closed for police investigation.
• 5:57 p.m. Press archives reveal 3 other multiple homicide cases. Today's mass murder appears to have the highest body count in city history.
• 5:43 p.m. Today's killing rampage appears to stem from domestic issues. A friend said that a woman who was involved with Dantzler lived at the Plainfield address where two women and one child, reportedly a 10-year-old girl, were found shot to death. A friend also said that the family of a woman with whom Dantzler had a relationship lived on Brynell Court NE, where three adult women and an adult man were found dead.
• 5:30 p.m. Police believe a separate shooting on Grandville Avenue SW near Martha Street, involving gunfire between occupants in two cars, one of which met the description of the suspect's vehicle, is also related to this rampage.
• 5:06 p.m. Police scanner traffic indicates the suspect, Rodrick Dantzler, 34, 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, may be traveling with a white woman in a tan Lincoln Town Car with license plate number BWK 2308. The woman may be driving. Dantzler is believed to be armed and dangerous.
• 4:51 p.m. Seven people are dead in two locations, according to Police Chief Kevin Belk.