GRAND RAPIDS, MI – An attorney representing two Grand Rapids police officers in a man’s shooting death said “they were in fear” when they saw the barrel of a man’s pistol. Marc Curtis, an attorney with Defender of the Blue law firm,

St. Louis County police officers and detectives enter a home in the 9400 block of Cote Brilliante Avenue in Overland while investigating a fatal shooting on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

A retired police officer who worked with K-9’s for 20 years said a suspect can still pose a threat even while being attacked by a dog.

This is exactly how the city and state have chosen to handle this case from the beginning,” one community member said.

A South Carolina officer was charged with manslaughter after she fatally shot unarmed man in Georgetown County. SC police are rarely charged in shootings.