GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An officer-involved shooting that seriously injured a man on Grand Rapids’ West Side in September before he was bitten and dragged by a police dog has been ruled justified.
Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker not only ruled the shooting justified, but also filed charges against the man who was shot.
Man shot by GRPD had recently been discharged from psych unit after stabbing himself
While Grand Rapids police have refused to release body camera or dashboard camera video of the shooting, citing privacy, WOOD TV8 obtained Ring camera video from the suspect’s family.
Xzavion Troutman, 30, recently paroled from prison, was petitioned for involuntary mental health treatment in mid-September after stabbing himself in the neck eight to 10 times and nearly dying. He was released from a psychiatric hospital after a few days of treatment…