Date: August 16th, 2018
Address: 150 E. Crosstown Parkway, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Contact: Acting Captain Habel, 337-8120
Handgun and drugs seized, suspects in custody
Kalamazoo, MI: On August 16th, 2018 at about 1:55 A.M. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers were conducting surveillance in the 1500 block of Fox Ridge following a report of shots fired. During the investigation, a suspect vehicle was identified and contacted within the complex. Officers became aware that there were drugs inside the vehicle, and during a subsequent search, a loaded handgun was located on one of the occupants along with suspected methamphetamine. During a continued search, delivery amounts of marijuana were recovered. As a result of this investigation a 21 year old Kalamazoo man was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A second suspect, a 20 year old Kalamazoo man, was arrested on warrants and possession with intent to deliver marijuana.
Anyone who has information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 337-8994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.
By authority of: Sgt Bentley