GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A lethal capturing at an Ottawa County home get together now has the 20-year-old gunman heading to jail for at least practically six years.
On Monday, an Ottawa County Circuit Court docket choose sentenced Westen Michael Meulenberg to between 5 years, 10 months and 25 years in jail for discharging a firearm in a constructing inflicting dying.
Man pleads responsible to capturing that killed GVSU scholar at home get together
The capturing occurred in Could at a home close to Lake Michigan Drive and 2nd Avenue in Tallmadge Township. A number of folks had been in the home on the time for a celebration.
Meulenberg was in an upstairs bed room, whereas 19-year-old Connor Lotterman was downstairs, police stated beforehand. Meulenberg obtained a gun and fired a number of rounds via the ground. One of many bullets hit Lotterman within the head, in accordance with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Deputies: GVSU scholar shot via ground, killed at home get together
Lotterman was taken to the hospital, the place he died. He was a scholar learning at Grand Valley State College.
Deputies have stated they imagine alcohol performed a task within the capturing.
