With less than an hour to go in the old year, first responders raced to the scene of an apparent homicide in St. Joseph Charter Township late New Years Eve. Dozens of people have been asking why there were more than a dozen police squad cars and an ambulance flying down Colfax Avenue in the township late last night.
Officers from the St. Joseph Township Police Department were dispatched at about 11:10 last night to the 2000 block of Colfax regarding a shooting incident.
Upon arrival on the scene at 2086 Colfax, just off the bend where Nickerson Avenue angles in, officers found a man identified as Tyrone Hassell III, who appeared to be gravely injured, with multiple gunshot wounds.
The 23 year old Hassell was an active duty military member who had been home on leave visiting family members over the holiday period.
He was treated at the scene and taken by Medic One Ambulance to Spectrum Lakeland Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The incident remains under investigation, and police say that no further details are being released at this time.
St. Joseph Township Police Department was assisted by the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department, St. Joseph Department of Public Safety, Michigan State Police, and the Berrien County Homicide Task Force.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to contact the St. Joseph Township Police Department at (269) 429-6890, or Berrien County Crimestoppers at 1-800-342-STOP.
