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.
Now a report that police scanner sites may be coming down... government transparency at its finest.
HA. I missed that. I’m just too simple-minded.
Why do you suppose they don’t use one of those?
Amen to that.
S1 has gun on female hostage..
Now in bedroom with hostages Lynn and Steve. Odd report that he “secluded himself” for a time.... negotiators are on GX with female hostage who is being told what to say... now making a request to be contacted on house phone.
suspect wants to use the house phone and has a gun to the female hostage coming to the door. female was on the cell phone with police
I’m still hearing 1202 or 1204 speaking in a hushed voice from inside the house.
Good luck to those guys.
I can’t even imagine how that hostage feels. I wonder if she knows him or if she was just a random grab?
He didn’t torch the place with the matches. Count blessings.
THE GUY WANTS AN ALCOHOLIC BEV TO RELEASE LYNN! GIVE HIM SOME CROWN ROYAL!
scumbag wants to trade booze for the female hostage
^
Suspect demands alcohol.
Just happened to be there when he decided to come in. He exited his car when it went off the road.
Oh, you're thinking of the report he was in the car with a female?
Right. Forgot about that.
I think he’s built more for football/s;)
And put some drugs in it to knock him out!
From what I read earlier this is a random house he went into. He was trying to escape in vehicle- tires got blown out he got out and started running- this is the closest house he got to apparently.
Bedonte?
I came in late, Tom. I’m just trying to grab info as it flies by. :)
Boy. Bad luck.
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