A shooting was reported in Lansing, Michigan on Friday, June 26. Scanner reports indicated that police were responding to a shooting in the East Malcolm X Street and King Boulevard area.
The scanner audio indicated that the shooting took place on the third floor of a building in the area. Witnesses told cops that the suspect fled northbound from the scene of the shooting.
Officers reportedly set up a perimeter and got a K-9 tracker. A person who was injured in the incident was taken to a hospital nearby, as per the scanner report.
There is no official statement from authorities about the shooting. The condition of the person shot is not known and no details have been released about the suspect yet.
Reactions to the shooting have poured in on social media, with several people sharing audio dispatch from the Scanner Radio App. Some have advocated for gun control, using the hashtag 'guns down.'
Michigan has passed several gun safety laws in recent years, including an Extreme Risk law and a secure storage law. The state also requires a permit to buy handguns and has extended this requirement to long gun sales.
