4 Shot, 2 Hit By Car During MI Post-Prom Party: Police

FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, MI — Four people were shot and two others were hit by a car during a post-prom party in west Michigan on Saturday night, according to police.

The incident happened at 11:50 p.m. Saturday at a VFW hall, located at 5201 Airline Highway in Fruitport Township, according to police.

A post-prom party was being held at the hall when officers were called on reports that a person had been hit by a vehicle in the road, according to police.

Officers then learned that there had been a shooting at the hall while traveling to the scene, according to police.

Investigators determined multiple people fired guns, striking four people. The victims were taken to Trinity Health Hospital in Muskegon for non-life-threatening injuries, according to people.

Additionally, they said two other people were hit by a car during the incident. One of them is in serious condition, according to police.

Investigators did not report any arrests or release any description of the shooters.

No victims were identified, but Muskegon Public Schools confirmed that some of its students, as well as students and adults from neighboring areas, were at the hall during the incident.

However, school officials said there were no issues or disruptions during Muskegon High School's prom or prom show-off events.

Investigators said there were no VFW members at the post when the shooting happened.

A neighbor who lives near the hall told WOODTV that she heard 30 to 40 gunshots and teens dressed in prom outfits "running for their lives."

"It was a chaotic scene. There was screaming, crying, yelling, hollering. I was scared because this was an active shooting," the neighbor told the news station. "I couldn’t let them in our home because it was an active shooter situation and I didn’t know who it was. If they were being chased by the shooter or shooters."

Police are still investigating the shooting and reviewing surveillance video from the hall.

They ask anyone with information to contact the Fruitport Township Police Department and ask for Detective Sergeant Bryan Rypstra or Deputy Chief Greg Poulson at (231) 865-8477, or contact Silent Observer at (231) 722-7463.