BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Police have arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting in Battle Creek Wednesday evening.
The city of Battle Creek says the shooting occurred near Parkway Drive and Graves Avenue at around 7 p.m.
We’re told officers arrived to learn the suspect tried to shoot a 26-year-old man after a fight broke out between them.
The victim hid inside his home and was not hit, the city explains.
Authorities say officers confiscated a Glock and 12 bullet casings from the scene.
The suspect was reportedly the one who called in the shooting, claiming self-defense. He has since been identified as 22-year-old Jamon Taylor.
Taylor was charged Thursday with attempted murder, the city says.
We’re told Taylor and the victim are cousins and may have had a history of animosity toward each other.
