Jury finds man guilty of deadly Grand Rapids motel shooting

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A deadly shooting in a Grand Rapids motel parking lot that was caught on video now has the convicted gunman facing decades in prison.

Kent County jurors on Friday found Devin D. Hayle, 33, guilty of second-degree murder for the June 7, 2025, shooting. The gun believed to have been used in the killing was found in a toilet tank, court records show.

Damarius Lamont Cochran, 26, was found laying in the parking lot of the Pleasant Motel on 28th Street SE near South Division Avenue. He had a gunshot wound to his back and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, court records show…

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