MUSKEGON, Mich. — Two people have been arrested in connection to a shooting in Muskegon that left a 24-year-old woman dead.
Early Monday morning, police say officers were called to investigate a shooting in the 600 block of Catherine Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found 24-year-old Destiny Villas had been shot and killed.
The Muskegon Police Department announced on Thursday that a 17-year-old Muskegon Heights man and a 21-year-old Muskegon Heights man were in custody on charges related to the shooting.
Their names and charges have not yet been released.
Lois Villas, Destiny's mother, says she's grateful police are working hard to find answers to her daughter's death.
"Destiny is just the most innocent person you ever want to meet in your life. She's never had any problems with the law. Never. I never had to worry about Destiny. Destiny always was just a good person," Villas said. "My daughter will never be able to see her daughter finish school; she will never see her kids grow up. She won't see our daughter getting married. Nothing. My daughter will never get married. I will never be able to see my baby girl get married. I'll never be able to see my baby girl live her full life. She was only 24 years old. You don't even know what life is at 24 years old."
Villas has started a GoFundMe page for her daughter with a goal of raising $6,000 to help pay for funeral costs.
You can also send the family flowers and leave a memory of Destiny through Ever Rest Funeral Home and Cremation Chapel. At this time, no services or visitations have been scheduled.
For now, her mom is left wondering why something so "senseless" happened to her daughter.
"It's just horrible, you know," Villas said. "She couldn't even watch her daughter go to her first day of school. Like, they took this girl out of this world away from her children before she even had a chance to live her life and it's senseless. It was just stupid. Horrible."
The shooting is still under investigation. Anyone with knowledge related to the shooting is asked to contact the Muskegon Police Department at (231) 724-6750 or Silent Observer at (231) 722-7463.
