GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - A man in the Kent County Correctional Facility on unrelated charges was arraigned Wednesday on charges related to a shooting at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids last Fourth of July.
Devontae Traquell Collier, 20, is serving one year on unrelated charges for shooting a Kentwood youth pastor.
Tuesday, the Kent County Prosecutor's Office authorized a two-county warrant. Collier was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and third-offense habitual offender.
Collier declined to say anything at his Tuesday afternoon arraignment.
Over the past year, the Metropolitan Area Major Case Task Force was able to interview people and gather information about the Fourth of July shooting incident that happened in a packed downtown Rosa Parks Circle, which helped lead to an arrest.
The night of the shooting, one victim was found by police at the scene. Another victim was found at the hospital. Both people had been shot in the leg.
Police say it was not a random event. Rather, Collier had had some kind of altercation with at least one of the victims before Independence Day, then saw him downtown and opened fire.
Police say there were two shooters: Collier and another man.
"That was, I think, a rare event," said GRPD Capt. JeffreyHertel. "I don't think it had anything to do with downtown. I think it had to do with two people seeing each other downtown at the same time and that's why it occurred. It could have occurred in any city street. ... Unfortunately, where we had a concentration of people celebrating the Fourth. It was bad."
"That was, I think, a rare event," said GRPD Capt. JeffreyHertel. "I don't think it had anything to do with downtown. I think it had to do with two people seeing each other downtown at the same time and that's why it occurred. It could have occurred in any city street. ... Unfortunately, where we had a concentration of people celebrating the Fourth. It was bad."
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