KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A teenager was hospitalized after being shot in Kalamazoo Tuesday evening, according to police.
Around 6:41 p.m., the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety got reports of a person shot on Frank Street near North Church Street.
At that time, neighbor Mary Bloodworth said she was in her living room.
“I was sitting over there in that chair and when I heard the shooting, I then came to the door,” she said.
Bloodworth saw a 13-year-old boy lying on the sidewalk across the street, with people around him.
Police and first responders arrived and took the Kalamazoo teen to a hospital, where he was last reported to have injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
“I didn’t think too much about it with stuff like this going on around here all the time,” Bloodworth added. “It’s better this year than it was last year.”
Police do not have a suspect.
Bloodworth said she doesn’t remember the victim’s name but knows him as a cordial neighbor who helped take out the garbage for her on one occasion.
“He’s a nice kid, as far as I know. Because … they only stay over there,” she added. “They weren’t rowdy or anything.”
Police have not said whether the shooting is related to one that happened about six hours later, on Church Street near Kalamazoo Avenue — four blocks south of the Tuesday night shooting. It was around 1 a.m. Wednesday when a 17-year-old shot and hurt another 17-year-old, according to investigators.
Anyone with information is asked to contact KDPS at 269.488.8911 or Silent Observer at 269.343.2100.