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Kalamazoo Public Safety: 10 arrests, 10 firearms seized after July 4 youth shootings; gun amnesty program promoted
Summary
Kalamazoo Public Safety reported arrests and firearm seizures tied to a July 4 surge in youth shootings and promoted a gun amnesty program to remove weapons from homes.
Kalamazoo Public Safety told the City Commission on July 21 that officers and the city’s street outreach team made 10 arrests and seized 10 firearms following a cluster of shootings on the July 4 weekend that involved youth, Chief Dave Boysen said.
Chief Dave Boysen told commissioners the arrests targeted a small number of young people “age 15 to 19” whom officers and outreach workers identified and that the department worked with the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office to seek “high cash bonds” and lodge several juveniles in custody to remove them from the…
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