GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The man accused in a deadly shooting from Saturday in Grand Rapids is now charged.
Grand Rapids court officials say 24-year-old Dayshaun Catledge was charged Monday with open murder and felony firearm. He was placed on a $100,000 cash/surety bond.
Catledge is the sole suspect in the shooting death of Brandon Clark.
Around 11 a.m. Saturday,officers responded to a report of a shooting near Lafayette Avenue and Highland Street. Officers found the 39-year-old Clark with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Within hours of the shooting police had Catledge in custody.
A friend of Clark told FOX 17 that Catledge had threatened him while armed with a gun just a day before the shooting.
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"He said that a dude had pulled a gun on him," Amanda Lynn said. "I asked him, 'Who?' and he said, 'A younger guy.' I said, 'Don't go back.' Then, the next day, he went back and they killed him.”
Grand Rapids police have not confirmed that claim with FOX 17.
Catledge's next court appearance is scheduled for April 23.
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