GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The victim of a Tuesday night shooting has been identified by her family as 20-year-old Kendall Frost, of Grand Rapids.
The shooting happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Paris Avenue SE and Griggs Street SE. When officers arrived at the scene, they located a woman with an apparent gunshot wound.
Grand Rapids Police confirmed that one person was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but ultimately died from her injuries.
Thursday morning, Commissioner Robert S. Womack posted on Facebook identifying Frost as his cousin:
"She was very talented, very educated and very loved by both her mother and father and her entire family," Womack said. "She was a nice, innocent young girl that had nothing to do with whatever violence is going out in the streets. For her to lose her life just from association or for being at the wrong place and wrong time is just too heartbreaking for us right now."
Frost's father wanted Womack to relay this message -- there's no words that will bring his daughter back.
Womack believes Frost was with her boyfriend in a car when they were ambushed and she was shot at close range. He said her boyfriend ran away from the scene.
Police do say there's information a second victim was struck.
"She's not the first female to be shot in the last 24 months," Womack said. "There's an uptick in violence against females in our community. We have to get these shooters off the street. They think there's going to be no repercussions, no legal repercussions."
A vigil will be held for Frost on Saturday, Oct. 23.
The shooting is still under investigation. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Grand Rapids Police Department at 616-456-3380 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.
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