KENT COUNTY, Mich. — A Sunday morning home invasion and standoff in Courtland Township ended after more than six hours with police subduing the suspect.
At 3 a.m. Sunday, the Kent County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a home invasion on Peterson Street NE between Myers Lake Avenue and Young Avenue. Upon arriving at the scene, deputies learned that a man with a relationship to the homeowners had entered the house and the homeowners had gotten out while the suspect remained inside.
Deputies later said there was a domestic dispute. It was unknown at the time whether the man was armed, but firearms were known to be inside the house and in the man's truck.
The man began making threats of a shootout with police. Deputies began negotiating with the man until he became uncooperative shortly before 9 a.m. All nearby residents were told to shelter in place.
The incident ended at 9:20 a.m. when the man went outside, tried to get into his vehicle, ignored deputies' commands, was hit with non-lethal pepper ball and beanbag rounds fired by deputies, retreated back into the garage and then surrendered peacefully and was apprehended.
Deputies said the suspect had no weapons. They identified him as a 40-year-old man from Muskegon. He is being held in the Kent County Jail in Grand Rapids on charges of home invasion and aggravated stalking.
The incident remains under investigation by the Kent County Sheriff's Office.
