LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Two men were shot over the weekend at a location in the 2800 block of S. Cedar, and neighbors say they’ve had it with the noise and violence radiating out from the location.
The last time Lansing Police Department was called to that address for a noise complaint, a spokeswoman for the agency tells 6 News, was back in August, and LPD responded. The city’s crime mapping tool shows the 2800 block has had only two criminal cases logged. On Jan. 9, 2024 there was a complaint of a stolen car, and Sunday’s shooting.
Neighbors say it’s been a magnet for chaos for years.
The chaos includes people using the bathroom in the yards of residences to bullet holes in cars.
Donald Cox has lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years. He says in the last five years, however, the neighborhood has been subjected to an onslaught of concerning and sometimes criminal behavior.
“I’ve witnessed, personally, two shootings right where we’re standing,” he says of the parking lot shared by at least four businesses, including a motorcycle club.