I heard this shooting Saturday night. This was just a few blocks from my house.
Things are getting scary in GR- 33 shootings already this year.
GRAND RAPIDS -- A man who was shot on the Northeast Side died Saturday night after he collapsed as he tried to drive away in his SUV, which contained six children and his girlfriend.
Mack Charles Brown, 24, who was shot at least twice, ran into a tree on East Fulton Street near Eastern Avenue after collapsing behind the wheel around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. No one else was injured.
Before passing out, he said, "Hey, I think I've been shot," Grand Rapids Police Sgt. Terry McGee said.
Brown's girlfriend, 21-year-old Jasmine Johnson, said she had to climb behind the wheel to step on the brakes to prevent the out-of-control SUV from running into a concrete retaining wall on Fulton Street.
Brown was shot on Diamond Avenue NE, just north of Fulton.