{"id":3214,"date":"2026-05-08T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:18:38","slug":"grand-rapids-shooting-leaves-woman-and-teen-dead-suspect-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/grand-rapids-shooting-leaves-woman-and-teen-dead-suspect-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Rapids shooting leaves woman and teen dead, suspect in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grand Rapids, MI &#8211; At approximately 6:40 p.m., officers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, responded to the area of Oakland Avenue SW and Rumsey Street SW following reports of a shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"353\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to police, two victims were located on the property of Southwest Elementary School: an adult female in her 30s and a 14-year-old male. Both suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"531\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First responders provided life-saving measures at the scene. The juvenile victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman later died at the hospital from her injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"710\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Authorities said the suspect fled after the shooting but was later located and taken into custody. The investigation is being handled by the Major Case Team and remains ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"849\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Grand Rapids Police Department or submit anonymous tips through Silent Observer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Rapids, MI &#8211; At approximately 6:40 p.m., officers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, responded to the area of Oakland Avenue SW and Rumsey Street SW following reports of a shooting. According to police, two victims were located on the property of Southwest Elementary School: an adult female in her 30s and a 14-year-old male. Both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}