A street in Grand Rapids will not bear the name of Amillier Penn, a teenage victim of gun violence who lost his life more than a year ago.
On Tuesday, the Grand Rapids City Commission turned down the resolution to approve a commemorative designation for Umatilla Street, between Madison and Union Avenues, where Penn was fatally shot.
During the afternoon meeting, no one on the commission made a motion to vote on the matter, meaning no one intended to vote in its favor.
Earlier in the day, the Grand Rapids Community Development Committee turned down the resolution in a similar fashion…