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Rodrick Shonte Dantzler
United States · Aged 34 · Died 07/07/2011
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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.
Alleged responsible partyGrand Rapids Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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