CUTLERVILLE, Mich. — A deputy with the Kent County Sheriff's Office was shot in the hand during a welfare check in Gaines Township Thursday.
Police on scene say deputies were called to the 500 block of Sunbrook Street SE for a welfare check around 2 P.M. When they arrived on the scene they found a man dead inside the home.
Detectives were on the scene when a person arrived at the home about an hour and a half later. Police say the detectives approached the vehicle and noticed the person had a rifle.
There was a struggle that resulted in an officer being shot in the hand. The suspect, a 19-year-old man, was taken into custody and charges are pending.
The deputy is expected to be OK. The Kent County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate the initial death.
"To have this many officers here on this street, it's just a shocking thing, simply because we don't have that type of activity over here, and so on," Neighbor Latecia Turner says. "There's a lot of children that are outside, you know, just individuals that's always walking the neighborhood."
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