Editor’s note: The above report originally aired on May 9, 2024.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who was arrested after an off-duty detective running the Kalamazoo Marathon said she saw him pull a gun on a woman now faces a federal weapons charge.
Jaeontae Moore, 23, of Kalamazoo, was indicted Tuesday on a federal count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. If convicted, he could spend 15 years in prison.
“This allegation is serious, and the circumstances of the defendant’s arrest are very troubling,” U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said in a Wednesday statement. “Every person, regardless of where they live, deserves to live their life and enjoy their community free from the fear of gunfire – especially at an event like the Kalamazoo Marathon that brings so many people together around a love of running.”
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On May 5, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Detective Ondreya Anderson was running the half-marathon at the Ziegler Kalamazoo Marathon when she said she saw a man and woman arguing a in a parked car . The man behind the wheel was “beating on the dashboard,” Anderson told News 8 earlier this year. She said as she got closer to the car, she saw the man pull out a gun and the woman scream for help.