MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WOOD) — Police are investigating after a 7-year-old and a man were shot in Muskegon Heights on Sunday evening.
The shooting happened along Ivory Avenue, between Dyson and Ray streets, Muskegon Heights Police Chief Joseph Thomas Jr. told 24 Hour News 8.
The conditions of the victims were not immediately available.
A woman identified the 7-year-old as her grandson, J’Anthony Bell. She said he was shot multiple times and had wounds to his cheek, neck, shoulder and arm. She said he was “doing all right.”
She said J’Anthony and the man are not related.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are not yet clear. No one has been arrested, the chief said.
Neighbors said that when they heard gunshots, they brought their children inside to keep them safe.
J’Anthony’s grandmother said violence in the neighborhood has “got to stop” and blamed it on people who aren’t from the area.
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