The suspect accused of murdering a Salvation Army bell ringer at a Kroger in Westland on Thursday night is now in police custody.
Amanda Stamper says the pain of losing her 47-year-old brother, Alvin Echols, to gun violence is gut-wrenching.
“The kids are really hurt, my mom is hurt, my sister, our whole family is just torn,” said Amanda Stamper. “It was completely foul to murder him in cold blood. Like his life just meant nothing.”
On Thursday night, Echols was bell-ringing for the Salvation Army inside Kroger in Westland off Ford Road when police say he was shot multiple times and died…