Lansing police arrest suspect connected to early morning shooting

Published: Mar. 9, 2023 at 11:34 AM EST|Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 2:49 PM EST
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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Lansing police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with an early morning shooting Thursday.

It happened just after 6 a.m. near the intersection of E. Mount Hope and Maplewood avenues. Police said they found a man who was suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The 34-year-old was arrested on Malcolm X Street, a few blocks from Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. At the time, police had asked people to avoid the area, where they set up a blockade.

The area reopened to normal traffic just after 2:30 p.m.

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