GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Police Department has identified a 24-year-old woman who was shot and killed inside a northeast side apartment on Wednesday as Marissa Leigh Valdez, of Grand Rapids. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
On Wednesday, police say 911 calls came in around 1:20 p.m. in the area of Burke Avenue NW and Diamond Avenue. When police made it to the scene, officers found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She died at the scene, police say.
Authorities say they arrested a person of interest who was at the scene, who police have identified as 24-year-old Dealeyon Jaishawn Franklin, of Grand Rapids.
Franklin has been charged with homicide, assault of a pregnant individual with the intention to cause miscarriage and a firearms felony.
Franklin is being held at the Kent County Correctional Facility without bond.
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