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Kalamazoo public safety officials report 10 arrests, 10 firearms seized after July 4 violence; gun amnesty program ongoing
Summary
At the July 21 Kalamazoo City Commission meeting, Chief Dave Boysen said police identified and arrested 10 people and seized 10 firearms after a spike in shootings around July 4; he also described a gun amnesty program that has yielded more than 10 surrendered guns.
Chief Dave Boysen told the Kalamazoo City Commission on July 21 that police identified and arrested 10 individuals and seized 10 firearms after a series of shootings around the July 4 holiday. He said most of those arrested were youth ages 15 to 19 and that prosecutors obtained high cash bonds and lodged several suspects in juvenile detention.
Boysen said the city’s street outreach team and extra patrols helped reduce youth-involved shootings “virtually to 0” in the weeks after the July 4 incidents, though he reported several…
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