GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids police say their officers worked to disperse an estimated 300 cars gathered in a parking lot early Sunday morning, and are currently investigating the incident along with similar ones elsewhere.
A police spokesperson told FOX 17 the hundreds of vehicles gathered first in the Shops at CenterPoint parking lot.
The stores are located at E. Beltline Ave. and 28th St. Police say it's a known location for this kind of activity.
“They usually announce a certain location that they're going to meet up, and once they meet up there and do their little car show, then they basically hit several places throughout multiple cities," said Grand Rapids Deputy Police Chief Joseph Trigg.
GRPD tells FOX 17, after the Shops at CenterPoint, the cars moved to three other locations in the city: Hall St. & Division Ave., Burton St. & Division Ave. and Pearl St. & Monroe Ave.
Deputy Chief Trigg says the department is staffed to handle situations like this, but they can be dangerous.
“It's some violent individuals that are driving these cars, and then they flee from one car meetup to the next car meetup, and they're not driving the speed limit. They're racing from location to location, putting our citizens at risk," said Deputy Chief Trigg.
GRPD says the weekend car meetup remains under investigation. To their knowledge, no one was hurt.
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