GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting and car fire at the latest illegal car meetup that played out over the weekend.
Two women who were shot are expected to recover. Police do not believe they were the intended targets of gunfire.
This latest party played out on the Southeast side of the city, off of Steel Case Dr. near 36th St. It was planned, like many meetups before, clandestinely on the internet.
2 people shot at car meetup in Grand Rapids, police say
“It is often times difficult to find these individuals because as technology changes and social media evolves, people take advantage of that and attempt to remain anonymous,” GRPD Chief Eric Winstrom told News 8. “So, it wasn’t easy for us to determine early on where it was. We did have a heads up that there could potentially be a car meetup that night. With the resources we had and everything happing in the city, I wish we were able to respond sooner and stop that shooting. Thankfully, it wasn’t worse than it was.”…