GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - Grand Rapids Police officers shot a robbery suspect on Franklin Street after he pointed his weapon at them.
Grand Rapids Police have closed off Franklin Street between Alto and Dallas while they investigate.
It all began around 10:17 Saturday night at the Miss Tracy Liquor Store in the 1000 block of Franklin.
Two officers in the area on a separate call heard a gun shot come from the liquor store.
Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk says when the officers got to the scene, they saw a man with a short barrel shotgun run behind the building.
The two officers followed. When they got behind the building, the suspect came out from behind a dumpster and pointed his gun at the officers.
Chief Belk says one of the officers fired at the suspect, hitting him once in the stomach. The suspect, believed to be a 34-year-old Kalamazoo man, is currently in stable condition at St. Mary's hospital.
After the incident, officers found that prior to their confrontation, the suspect had tried to rob a man in front of the liquor store.
"He had pulled a gun on a person getting out of a vehicle and that person ended up reaching up or something, but the gun was discharged and actually struck the individual with a grazing wound in his head," said Chief Belk.
Belk says that person went to the hospital in good condition.
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