KDPS arrests suspect for armed home invasion and unlawful imprisonment.

Date: December 23, 2022

Address: 150 E. Crosstown Pkwy., Suite A, Kalamazoo, MI 49001

Contact: KDPS Criminal Investigations Division 269-337-8139

Kalamazoo, MI:

On December 23rd, 2022, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to an apartment in the 1600 block of Nottingham Ave regarding a report of a hostage situation. A woman reported that a male was holding three juveniles hostage at gunpoint inside an apartment. The Kalamazoo Metro Special Weapons and Tactics team (KM SWAT) was called to the scene. After investigating further, PSOs were able to locate all three juveniles at a different location in the City of Kalamazoo. They were unharmed and told officers they had been able to escape from their captor, who was still in possession of a firearm.

As SWAT officers were contacting other residents in the apartment building, a resident of a neighboring apartment told officers that the suspect had forced entry into her apartment and was still armed with a firearm. Officers entered the apartment and located the suspect. They were able to take him into custody without any further resistance. The suspects weapon, a 9 mm handgun, was located near where he was taken into custody.

The suspect, a 26-year-old male from Kalamazoo, was arrested for home invasion, unlawful imprisonment, and multiple weapons offenses. He was lodged at the Kalamazoo County Jail and is awaiting arraignment.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 337-8120 or Silent Observer at 343-2100


By authority of:

Lt. Robert Holdwick