BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A suspect is in custody for a shooting in Battle Creek’s Post Addition neighborhood Saturday.
The shooting happened Sept. 23 at the Liberty Mart on Cliff Street, according to the Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD).
We’re told a 39-year-old man was shot in the thigh. He checked into the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
BCPD says 36-year-old Dequan Evans charged Wednesday for assault with murderous intent, carrying a concealed weapon, firing a gun from a vehicle causing injury, two counts of resisting & obstruction and two counts of felony firearm.
The suspect was identified on surveillance video, leading authorities to his location.
Police say they executed a search warrant at his residence and confiscated a sidearm that was not used in Saturday’s shooting.
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