Police are looking for a black Lincoln Navigator with tinted windows seen leaving the scene.
Police believe the Pittsburgh Pirate baseball cap they recovered at Tuesday's murder scene may have been worn by a person of interest in the attack.
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - If they find the Lincoln Navigator getaway vehicle, detectives think they may also find the couple who shot and killed a Grand Rapids man during a traffic altercation Tuesday morning.
"We are looking for a black Lincoln Navigator with tinted windows," said Capt. Pete McWatters of the Grand Rapids Police Department.
And that has Kevin Clemens of Grand Rapids wondering if he will get some special attention from police. Clemens wasn't near Lafayette Avenue and State Street when 42-year-old Lance Byers was murdered, but he drives a black Lincoln Navigator with tinted windows just like the one officers are looking for. So far, Clemens says police haven't stopped his vehicle.
"I thought about that when I saw the clip on the news. I thought, 'I'm going to get pulled over three or four times', but I haven't been harassed at all," he said.
Clemens said he will understand and cooperate fully if police stop his vehicle to ask him some questions.
"If I do get pulled over, I will keep a level head because I understand they do need to catch this person," he said. "This is a very senseless crime."
Detectives say they don't know if the male driver or the female passenger in the Navigator fired the fatal shot. The couple jumped back into the vehicle and sped away before anyone noticed the license plate number.
Police also recovered a Pittsburgh Pirate baseball cap one of the suspects lost at the scene. DNA tests comparing hair in the hat to a data base of known criminals could take weeks or months.