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Marshall family files suit in September fatal police shooting in Battle Creek A Marshall family is suing the City of Battle Creek and Calhoun County for the fatal police shooting of a 22-year-old suspected drunk driver in September. The family of Andrew Blowers is seeking $15.5 million in a wrongful death suit filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division. The federal civil wrongful death suit alleges that Blowers was killed in an unjustified use of deadly force by two officers from the Battle Creek Police Department and a deputy from the Calhoun County Sheriff Department following a pursuit which ended on Logistics Drive in the Fort Custer Industrial Park just after midnight on Sept. 5. ....
A $15 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a 22-year-old Marshall man shot and killed by police last September. The suit filed Wednesday in federal court on behalf of 22-year-old Andrew Blowers of Marshall, names the defendants as the city of Battle Creek, Battle Creek Police Department Chief Jim Blocker, two Battle Creek Police officers, the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners, Calhoun County Sheriff Steven Hinkley as well as a deputy with the sheriff’s department. The suit alleges that the Battle Creek police officers and Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputy who opened fire “used unnecessary, excessive, reckless and deadly force.” ....
Charese Watson along with about two dozen supporters protested outside of the Calhoun County Courthouse Monday afternoon. The protest took place one week after Prosecutor David Gilbert determined that two Battle Creek Police officers and a Calhoun County Sheriffâs deputy were justified in their actions because they felt their lives were in danger and that no charges would be filed in the shooting of 22-year-old Andrew Blowers on September 5. The shooting took place after Battle Creek Police tried to stop a reckless vehicle in the area of Dickman Road and M-66 as the driver was swerving into oncoming traffic lanes. The two officers believed that the driver may have been intoxicated. ....
Charese Watson along with about two dozen supporters protested outside of the Calhoun County Courthouse Monday afternoon. The protest took place one week after Prosecutor David Gilbert determined that two Battle Creek Police officers and a Calhoun County Sheriffâs deputy were justified in their actions because they felt their lives were in danger and that no charges would be filed in the shooting of 22-year-old Andrew Blowers on September 5. The shooting took place after Battle Creek Police tried to stop a reckless vehicle in the area of Dickman Road and M-66 as the driver was swerving into oncoming traffic lanes. The two officers believed that the driver may have been intoxicated. ....
Charese Watson along with about two dozen supporters protested outside of the Calhoun County Courthouse Monday afternoon. The protest took place one week after Prosecutor David Gilbert determined that two Battle Creek Police officers and a Calhoun County Sheriffâs deputy were justified in their actions because they felt their lives were in danger and that no charges would be filed in the shooting of 22-year-old Andrew Blowers on September 5. The shooting took place after Battle Creek Police tried to stop a reckless vehicle in the area of Dickman Road and M-66 as the driver was swerving into oncoming traffic lanes. The two officers believed that the driver may have been intoxicated. ....