MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — A suspect is dead and a police officer is injured following an officer-involved shooting Monday morning in Muskegon Heights.
The incident spanned three different scenes, beginning with a reported disturbance on Baker Street.
According to Muskegon Heights police, an officer who stopped to assist was shot during an exchange of gunfire with the suspect.
About five minutes later, the suspect was spotted on the porch of a home on Reynolds Street, where he reportedly fired at a passing car. The vehicle was hit, but no one inside was injured.
The homeowner then shot at the suspect, apparently hitting him before the suspect returned fire and fled the scene.
Police later found the suspect in an alley behind a home on Howden Street. Officials say the suspect was armed and refused commands to drop his weapon.
When the suspect pointed his weapon at an officer, two officers fired their weapons, hitting him. The suspect was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
The situation caused some panic among neighbors in the area.
"My daughter called me freaking out that a bullet went through her living room and I had to leave work," Courtney Smith told FOX 17.
At least one bullet hit Smith's daughter's house, which is near where the officer was shot.
"That was not what I was expecting to, you know, my first part of the day this morning, it was, it's quite scary," Smith said. "I, you know, running through the parking lot that I had to hurry up and get to my my daughter and my granddaughter."
Police have not yet identified the suspect.
The officer who was hit has already been released from the hospital.
The officers who fired their weapons have been placed on administrative leave, which is department policy.
Michigan State Police are investigating the incident.
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