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7 dead in Grand Rapids shootings; police hunt for suspect Rodrick Shonte Dantzler
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20077710-504083.html ^ | 7/7/11

Posted on 07/07/2011 5:07:03 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

Police in Grand Rapids say that seven people were shot and killed at two locations on Thursday and they are actively searching for suspect Rodrick Shonte Dantzler.

Police say three people, reportedly two women and a 10-year-old girl, are dead at one scene, and four others were killed at a separate scene about two miles away, reports CBS affiliate WWMT.

According to a local station, another man was shot in what police believe is a related incident, but was not killed.

The shootings stemmed from a domestic issue, reports The Grand Rapids Press.

Police say they are searching for the 34-year-old Dantzler. Dantzler is described as a black male, about 6-feet-2-inches tall, weighing 265 pounds with a large, muscular build, dreadlocks, and tattoos all over his body.

Dantzler is believed to be driving a cream Lincoln Towncar, Michigan plate BWK-2308.

Dantzler has a criminal record. He pleaded guilty in 2010 to assault and battery and served about a year. In 2000 he entered a guilty plea to assault with bodily harm less than murder and was sentenced to three to ten years.

In 1997 he was given a year of probation for malicious destruction of property, and in 1992 he was charged as a juvenile for breaking and entering.

Police say Dantzler is to be considered armed and dangerous.

Anyone who sees Dantzler is asked to call 911 or their local police department.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: banglist; michigan; race; thosepeople; violentcrime
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1 posted on 07/07/2011 5:07:05 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

So why is this guy not in jail?


2 posted on 07/07/2011 5:09:30 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Altura Ct.

You guessed right.


3 posted on 07/07/2011 5:11:21 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Altura Ct.

Surrounded with hostages right now.


4 posted on 07/07/2011 5:11:24 PM PDT by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Brilliant

So why is this guy not on a cold slab in the morgue.


5 posted on 07/07/2011 5:11:24 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: Brilliant

Because it’s racism to put young black men in jail. The numbers don’t lie.


6 posted on 07/07/2011 5:12:19 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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To: Altura Ct.
From the Chicago Tribune website:

A man who claimed his daughter was inside the house where three bodies were found collapses in the street Thursday, July 7, 2011 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Police say seven people have been fatally shot at two locations in the western Michigan city of Grand Rapids and the victims include a child. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) (Chris Clark, AP / July 7, 2011)

7 posted on 07/07/2011 5:12:27 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: Altura Ct.

“Dantzler is described as a black male, about 6-feet-2-inches tall, weighing 265 pounds with a large, muscular build, dreadlocks, and tattoos all over his body.
Dantzler has a criminal record. He pleaded guilty in 2010 to assault and battery and served about a year. In 2000 he entered a guilty plea to assault with bodily harm less than murder and was sentenced to three to ten years. “

Hey—a future NBA star!


8 posted on 07/07/2011 5:12:27 PM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Police say Dantzler is to be considered armed and dangerous.

The cops are always so perceptive. Figured this out.

9 posted on 07/07/2011 5:12:36 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: wetgundog
So why is this guy not on a cold slab in the morgue.

He likely will be before the night's over...I hope the hostages survive...

10 posted on 07/07/2011 5:13:36 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Christian Engineer Mass

My suspicion is that since it’s a domestic matter, the victims are black too. You’d think it’d be racism NOT to put this guy in jail.


11 posted on 07/07/2011 5:14:09 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Altura Ct.

So, how many strikes before this thug is out? What is this, street whiffleball?


12 posted on 07/07/2011 5:16:02 PM PDT by appleharvey
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To: Chipper

Where did you read this was a hostage situation?


13 posted on 07/07/2011 5:17:45 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Chipper

Where did you read this was a hostage situation?


14 posted on 07/07/2011 5:18:02 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Chipper

Where did you read this was a hostage situation?


15 posted on 07/07/2011 5:18:20 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Brilliant

One report said he fled with a white girl. Girlfriend???


16 posted on 07/07/2011 5:18:44 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: Altura Ct.

“Family members say he [Dantzler] is bipolar and off his medications.”


17 posted on 07/07/2011 5:20:02 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Brilliant

But that’s straightforward sense. The media-deluded are working on super-ego sense, where decisions are made based apon the expectation of how people judge them.


18 posted on 07/07/2011 5:20:02 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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To: funfan
Where did you read this was a hostage situation?

According to the new, the killer kicked open a back door of an apartment, went inside and fired 3 shots...Police have been in contact with the guy...The news was that there are hostages...

19 posted on 07/07/2011 5:20:20 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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