GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Police have surrounded a Grand Rapids home in the search for a suspect in a Wyoming gas station shooting that killed an employee.
Residents who live on Franklin Street SE between Dallas and Geneva avenues are asked to shelter in place, as officers try to determine if the gunman is in a home in the area. Police will help residents safely evacuate, if needed.
"We're working (out of) an overabundance of caution," said Grand Rapids Police Department Chief David Rahinsky.
The shooting happened around 6 a.m. at the Marathon gas station located at the intersection of 28th Street and Buchanan Avenue.
Authorities on scene at the Marathon gas station in Wyoming Monday, May 21, 2018.
A witness told 24 Hour News 8 that she was passing by the gas station when she was flagged down by a man. After she pulled into the gas station, she said she went into the store and found an employee with a gunshot wound.
Wyoming police said the employee, who is a woman around 50 years old, was killed. She was the only person working at the time.