Two people were shot and injured during a baby shower at a rented Girl Scouts building in Kalamazoo on Sunday afternoon, and the suspected shooter was found hiding in a closet inside the facility.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded after 5:30 p.m. to a shooting at the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Kalamazoo Regional Program and Training Center on West Maple Street. Dozens of officers and at least one ambulance were on the scene.
Two 25-year-old men were struck by gunfire. Both men suffered non-life-threatening injuries. One victim has since been released while the other remains in stable condition at the hospital.
A 22-year-old Kalamazoo man, Pharrell Norman Stacy, was arrested in connection to the shooting. KDPS officers found Stacy hiding inside a lower-level closet in the building after the shooting occurred. Investigators also found a firearm at the scene.
Judge Richard Santoni described the allegations in court, saying Stacy is accused of shooting two people inside the Girl Scouts training center. The victims have been identified as Tyrone Lewis Jr. and Devon Brown, both 25.
Santoni said he could not imagine anything more dangerous to the community when he read the details of the incident during the arraignment.