GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids police are investigating after one person was shot Friday afternoon on Mason Street NE near Cambridge Square Apartments.
Details are limited, but we do know a man was shot and is now in critical condition. Police say the man arrived at the hospital around 1:30 p.m., shortly after the shooting occurred.
On scene, Bobbi Jo Radle told FOX 17 the victim was her son. She said the two had recently moved to Grand Rapids from Florida on June 29.
Radle unfurled a diagram from Spectrum Butterworth Hospital showing where her son sustained seven bullet wounds. Speaking through tears, Radle said moving back to the area was "a mistake." She said her son had just gotten a job at a nearby gas station and the two were staying with family near Mason Street while they prepared to move into their own home.
Radle doesn't know why someone would want to hurt her son and beyond that, doesn't know how he would've made an enemy so quickly after only having moved to the area a week ago. She believed it to be a random act and her son was walking down the sidewalk at the wrong time.
The Grand Rapids Police Department says the shooter took off and is still on the loose.
It’s unclear what led to the shooting.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new details are confirmed.
