3 injured in shooting at Benton Township Park

BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNDU) - Three people were hurt, including one critically, in a Sunday morning shooting in Benton Township.

Officers were called at an unspecified time to Benton Township Park located in the 400 block of Zollar Drive on reports of shots being fired. While they were enroute, they were told by dispatch that there were possibly three victims.

When they arrived, they found a 20-year-old Coloma man laying on the ground and suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital and rushed into surgery.

Police later learned that two additional victims — a 22-year-old South Bend resident and a 19-year-old Dowagiac resident — had shown up at the hospital. They have since been released.

Police did not release any information about a potential suspect. If you have any information regarding this shooting, you’re asked to call the Benton Township Police Department at 269-926-8221.

The Benton Township Police Department was assisted on scene by the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety, the Michigan State Police, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department, and the Benton Township Fire Department.

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