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Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene after police shot and killed one man and wounded another following a vehicle chase, Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Portage, Mich. Lt. Dale Hinz of the Michigan State Police, told the Kalamazoo Gazette, the shooting occurred at about 1:10 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex, after a chase began on the east side of Kalamazoo County. The driver pulled into the apartment complex and stopped and one of the men pointed
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Police in southwestern Michigan fatally shoot 1 man, wound another after car chase

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Police in southwestern Michigan fatally shoot 1 man, wound another after car chase

PORTAGE, Mich. — A passenger in a vehicle has been shot to death and the driver wounded after they led police on a chase in southwestern Michigan.

Police initially tried to stop the vehicle about 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Kalamazoo County. It was stopped about 30 minutes later in a parking lot at Anna’s Vineyard Apartments in Portage, south of Grand Rapids.

State police Lt. Dale Hinz said one of the men had a weapon resembling an assault rifle.

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Resident Jessica Kruizenga tells WOOD-TV that she heard a commotion, looked outside and saw officers shoot into the vehicle.

No officers were hurt. Police say the driver was wanted on an obstruction and resisting charge.

First Published May 14, 2015, 9:02 p.m.

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Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene after police shot and killed one man and wounded another following a vehicle chase, Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Portage, Mich. Lt. Dale Hinz of the Michigan State Police, told the Kalamazoo Gazette, the shooting occurred at about 1:10 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex, after a chase began on the east side of Kalamazoo County. The driver pulled into the apartment complex and stopped and one of the men pointed "semi-automatic assault rifle-type weapon," Hinz said. The passenger was killed and the driver was wounded. (Christian Randolph/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT  (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene after police shot and killed one man and wounded another following a vehicle chase Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Portage, Mich. Lt. Dale Hinz of the Michigan State Police, told the Kalamazoo Gazette, the shooting occurred at about 1:10 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex, after a chase began on the east side of Kalamazoo County. The driver in a red car pulled into the apartment complex and stopped and one of the men pointed "semi-automatic assault rifle-type weapon," Hinz said. The passenger was killed and the driver was wounded. (Christian Randolph/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT  (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Spent shell casings are marked as law enforcement personnel investigate the scene after police shot and killed one man and wounded another following a vehicle chase, Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Portage, Mich. Lt. Dale Hinz of the Michigan State Police, told the Kalamazoo Gazette, the shooting occurred at about 1:10 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex, after a chase began on the east side of Kalamazoo County. The driver pulled into the apartment complex and stopped and one of the men pointed "semi-automatic assault rifle-type weapon," Hinz said. The passenger was killed and the driver was wounded. (Christian Randolph/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT  (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene after police shot and killed one man and wounded another following a vehicle chase, Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Portage, Mich. Lt. Dale Hinz of the Michigan State Police, told the Kalamazoo Gazette, the shooting occurred at about 1:10 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex, after a chase began on the east side of Kalamazoo County. The driver pulled into the apartment complex and stopped and one of the men pointed "semi-automatic assault rifle-type weapon," Hinz said. The passenger was killed and the driver was wounded. (Christian Randolph/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT  (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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