Kalamazoo’s homicide victims of 2020 remembered
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
(Top from left) Royalty Houston-Hooper, McKenna Dutkiewicz, Carmen Hughes, Londrell Cook, Cornelius Fredricks and Dondreal Watkins. (Bottom from left) DeVante Coleman, Brandon Kelley, Michael Clopton III, Rachel Curl, Victor Davis and Robert James Richardson Jr.
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There were more than 70
non-fatal shootings and 13 homicides due to gun violence within Kalamazoo city limits in 2020. Overall, there were 14 homicides in Kalamazoo: three in Portage, two in Kalamazoo Township, one in Oshtemo Township and one in Richland Township, bringing the countywide homicide count to 21.
The total surpasses the previous century mark of 20 homicides in 2016. That year, 11 of the 20 deaths occurred during two mass killings one in February when Uber driver Jason Dalton shot and killed six people and wounded two others, and one in June when Charles Pickett Jr. drove his truck into a group of
Police searching for man accused of killing his stepson, 6
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
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KALAMAZO, MI The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is asking for tips that will lead to the arrest of a man wanted on charges of felony murder and 1st-degree child abuse, police said in a news release.
Police issued an alert on Dec. 31, naming a suspect in the death of his stepson, 6-year-old Jaylen Worthington, police said. The Kalamazoo Gazette has not named the man at this time because he has not been arraigned on criminal charges.
“We want to offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jaylen Worthington, who passed away due to complications from trauma on Dec. 23,” KDPS Captain Craig Habel said in a Dec. 31 news release.
Kalamazoo police looking for man charged in connection to murder of 6-year-old boy
Courtesy of Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
and last updated 2020-12-31 14:20:58-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is asking the public for tips that will lead to the arrest of Latravion Heard McMillon, who is wanted on charges of felony murder and first-degree child abuse.
âWe want to offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jaylen Worthington, who passed away due to complications from trauma on Dec. 23,â KDPS Captain Craig Habel said. âWe are asking the community to help us locate Latravion Heard McMillon so he can be prosecuted for committing this heinous crime.â