Kalamazoo County Prosecutor says deputy was justified in December shooting By Will Kriss
Jun 30, 2021 | 3:48 PM
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) â A Kalamazoo County Sheriffâs Deputy will not face any charges after being cleared in a fatal December shooting, according to County Prosecutor Jeff Getting.
Shortly before 7 a.m. on December 18, police were called to a residential home on Morningstar Way in Kalamazoo, and Deputy Michael Leeger was the first to respond.
The call came in to dispatchers about a suicidal person armed with a knife. The report says that call came from his mother and her partner, who were also stabbed with a kitchen knife.
Prosecutor: Deputy involved in Dec 2020 shooting acted in lawful self-defense
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Kalamazoo County Prosecutor says deputy was justified in December shooting
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Man fatally shot by Kalamazoo County deputy after allegedly stabbing parents
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI Police are investigating at the scene where a man allegedly stabbed his parents and was later shot by police while holding a knife, leading to his death.
The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched at 7:06 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, to a residence on the 6600 block of Morningstar Way in Oshtemo Township for a report of a “suicidal” subject with a knife, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
“When deputies arrived, the suspect engaged deputies and shots were fired,” the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office said in a brief news release issued Friday. “There were victims at the scene that had been stabbed.”