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Rodrick Shonte Dantzler

Rodrick Shonte Dantzler

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Gender Male
Age 34 yrs
Nationality United States
Marital Status Unknown
Date of Death 07/07/2011
Location 3232 Rickman Avenue NE Grand Rapids MI 49525 Kent
Cause of Death

Suicide

Police chased Rodrick Shonte Dantzler's SUV after he reportedly shot and killed seven people in two different locations, and fired shots at another driver. During the pursuit, police said Dantzler hit a patrol car and exchanged gunfire with officers; a bystander was shot in the shoulder. Danztler drove onto I-96, crossed the grassy median and went the wrong way with more than a dozen squad cars in pursuit before crashing the SUV down an embankment into a wooded area. Dantzler went to a nearby home and took three people hostage around 7:30 p.m. Over the next five hours, Dantzler reportedly fired shots sporadically, and vacillated between threatening to shoot the hostages and asking police to take him out. Police said Dantzler appeared to change course, asking how he could surrender, but then shot himself.

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Alleged Responsible Party
Grand Rapids Police Department
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Sources & References

1 krcgtv.com Open source
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