GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A man died in a shooting Thursday night in Grand Rapids, according to police.
The call came in around 8:30 p.m.
The shooting happened on Hollister Avenue near Weathy Street. Grand Rapids Police tell FOX 17 a passerby found the victim lying in the road.
The victim, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was hurt.
Grand Rapids Police do not have anyone in custody. Officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
"A very depressing scene to show up on at 9 o'clock at night and not something that the city of Grand Rapids wants to see in 2025," Police Chief Eric Winstrom said. "We're really experiencing historic lows in crime, but that's going to be no comfort at all to this family, which is going to be devastated."
Watch our report from the scene:
Winstrom said there are a lot of surveillance cameras in the area, which will help with the investigation. He adds that, based on preliminary information, he doesn't believe this was a random incident.
"It appears from my experience in policing and investigating homicides for all these years, this appears to be a targeted, very much a targeted killing, not a random killing," Winstrom said. "From the witnesses that we have located, it seems like... the offender and the victim likely had some communication that would bring people to believe that they knew each other."
Chief Winstrom said this is the 12th homicide in Grand Rapids this year.
"We have a young man killed and taken from us far too young, so this is going to be a difficult week for us," Wintrom said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Grand Rapids Police detectives at 616-456-3380. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Silent Observer.
