Drive by Shooting of Residence in Niles TWP
DATE AND TIME OF INCIDENT: 0253 hrs, on 12/6/2018
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Drive by Shooting of Residence
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: 1126 Lawndale Ave, Niles Township
AGENCIES INVOLVED: Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol
Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau
Pokagon Tribal Police
Cass County Sheriff’s Office
Dowagiac Police Department
ARRESTED PERSONS:
NARRATIVE: Deputies responded to shots fired on Lawndale Ave, in Niles Twp, and discovered a residence at 1215 Lawndale Ave was targeted in a drive by shooting. The residence was struck several times and luckily no one was struck and/or injured inside.
Detectives and Evidence Techs assisted the Road Patrol Deputies, along with several other jurisdictions.
No arrests made at this time. This incident is still under investigation.
We are asking for assistance from the public.
Please contact the Sheriff’s Office Detective’s Bureau at (269) 983-7141, ext 7224, with any information.