5800 Jefferson Common Circle via Google Satellite Images
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Kalamazoo County authorities responded to an attempted armed robbery which led to gunshots being fired outside an apartment in Oshtemo Township Thursday night. It happened at around 9:30 p.m. at 5800 Jefferson Commons Circle.
The alleged victim says he was approached in the parking lot by a suspect who demanded money and threatened him with a handgun. The victim attempted to disarm the suspect and then ran away. A shot was fired at the victim but he was not struck by the bullet. The suspect, described as a black male in his early 20s wearing a blue sweatshirt and a blue neck-style facemask, took off in a vehicle driven by another male.
Jan 9, 2021
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. - One person died in a car accident late Saturday night.
The incident happened near the intersection of East HJ Avenue and Chestnut Trail in Comstock Township, where a 31-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kalamazoo County Sheriff s Office says the accident remains under investigation.
Car crashes into building in Kalamazoo
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and last updated 2020-12-31 08:30:08-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â A vehicle hit a building Wednesday in Kalamazoo after the driver lost control, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
Officers responded to the 200 block of East Michigan Avenue and found a single vehicle had lost control, left the roadway and hit the building.
The building was closed for business and unoccupied at the time of the crash.
The driver, a 21-year-old Kalamazoo resident, received minor injuries and was treated by on-scene paramedics.
Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash and the driver was arrested and lodged at the Kalamazoo County Sheriffâs Office on an alcohol-related driving offense.
2020 was a year of protests, police and change in Kalamazoo
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
2020 in Kalamazoo was a year marked with protests, change and deeper looks at race, policy and those who lead. (Joel Bissell | MLive)
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KALAMAZOO, MI Kalamazoo in 2020 mirrored much of what was going on across the nation.
The varying affects of the coronavirus pandemic. Protests. A deeper look at racism in America. Contention in the political sphere. And changes in leadership.
After a relatively quiet start to the year, and almost eerie silence on the streets brought on by two months of COVID-driven shutdowns, things changed drastically again after George Floyd was killed May 25 by a Minneapolis police officer as two fellow officers stood by.