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AR-15 assault rifle recovered from home following standoff

Posted at 9:13 PM, Apr 09, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-10 00:01:23-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A female suspect was taken into custody in connection to a felonious assault on the city’s northwest side Sunday evening.

Investigators say they recovered an AR-15 from the home.

The incident began around 7:20 p.m. on Davis Avenue near 11th Street NW. According to the Grand Rapids Police Department, officers were investigating a report of a woman who pointed a long gun at people during a dispute. She was arrested.

Shortly after 11:00 p.m., one of the two people remaining inside the home was taken into custody. police said. The second person was taken into custody about 30 minutes later.

The woman who was initially arrested was a resident of the home, but the other two were not.

That section of Davis Avenue was closed for a time, and nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.