BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A 14-year-old and a 13-year-old have been arrested and are accused of killing a Battle Creek Central student. The victim was 17-year-old Jack Snyder.
According to the City of Battle Creek, police were called to the area of Battle Creek Avenue and Capital Avenue Southwest, just after midnight on Friday, where Jack died after being shot.
On Sunday, the 14-year-old was arrested by Battle Creek detectives and the Emergency Response Team at about 2 a.m. As a result of executing multiple search warrants on several different addresses across the city, the 14-year-old was located in a car parked in the area of Jackson Street and Bedford Road. He was arrested without incident.
Detectives have also recovered the gun that they suspect was involved in the killing. Confirmation of this is pending forensic analysis.
At 5 p.m. Sunday, the second suspect, a 13-year-old boy, turned himself in to the Battle Creek Police Department. He was accompanied to the police department by a parent.
Both suspects have been taken to the Calhoun County Youth Center, pending a hearing on Tuesday.
A memorial has gone up in the area of Battle Creek Avenue and Capital Avenue Southwest calling for justice for Jack.
