In the wake of two recent shootings in the Averill Woods neighborhood on Lansing’s southwest side, Melissa Quon-Huber provides a checklist of suggestions for residents to stay safe:
Report suspicious activities or properties
If an emergency – call 9-1-1
If not an emergency call 483-4600 and also leave a message for our community police officer, Jason Bock at 272-7488 ext 9530
If police arrive on your block to investigate a situation like this…
Stay inside
Turn on your exterior lights if it is dark
Stay alert
Check to make sure your street lights are working and are not blocked by trees. For repairs and tree trimming around your street lights contact the follow individuals:
Street light repair – Call Board of Water & Light at 702-6006
Tree trimming around street lights where no utilities are present – Call Paul Dykema at City of Lansing at 483-4277
Tree trimming around street lights where utilities ARE present – Call Board of Water and Light at 702-6006
Know your neighors
Contact Melissa if you want to start a neighborhood watch on your street (394-3996 or hubermel@msu.edu
Keep an eye out for each other, know what isn’t “normal” activity
Averill Woods Neighborhood Association President Melissa Quon Huber spokes with Lansing’s South Precinct Captain Teresa Szymanski today about the incident and shares these notes:
“Capt. Szymanski called early this morning. I missed the call but she updated me this afternoon. This is an open investigation so only basic information can be shared at this point.” From the conversation, she shares:
LPD was dispatched to Malibu & Rayborn to investigate possible gunshots. No victim was found.
However, a description of a suspicous vehicle was provided to officers.
An observant officer attempted to pull over a vehicle matching this description near MLK and Moores River but occupants of the car fled on foot.
One occupant was arrested at Moores River (in the presence of the Mayor attending a neighborhood meeting).
Another occupant was arrested early this morning at a South Lansing apartment complex.
The remaining occupant has been identified but is not yet in custody.
In the midst of this a fatality was reported at Frances Park, later determined to be connected to this case.
It has yet to be determined if this is connected to the previous shooting on Continental.
Are you looking for details about the shooting and murder last night in the Averill Woods neighborhood on Lansing’s southwest side? Here are links to local media stories providing details as reported in their stories:
A more detailed description of the shooting inside a car on Rayborn Street and then what happened after with one suspect leaving the car on foot and then the car speeding away, with the victim being found in Frances Park and a suspect being caught in Moores Park. And then the second suspect was arrested early this morning in a Waverly Road Apartment Complex as reported by the Lansing State Journal’s online edition.
A further description of where the shooting took place, at Rayborn and Malibu Streets and other basic details from Lansing’s WILX news.
I have posted six video clips of Thursday’s Averill Woods Neighborhood Association meeting about last Sunday’s shooting at Averill School’s playground. The videos are posted on my personal blog with a link here. Start with the post numbered “7″ in the headline and scroll down to the other six posts.
You are invited to leave comments and questions after each post.
The Averill Woods Neighborhood Association will meet at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, June 25 to discuss last Sunday night’s shooting at or near Averill School where a fight between two young men resulted in one receiving a non-fatal shot to the face.
Representatives from the Lansing Police Department, Lansing Parks and Recreation, Lansing Public School District along with local officials have been invited to the meeting. These include Mayor Virg Bernero, third ward Council-member A’Lynne Robinson and Lansing Schools Deputy Superintendent Jim Davis have been invited.
The basketball courts and playground behind the school has been an area of neighborhood concern especially after a shooting last summer and the shooting this past Sunday.
All neighborhood residents are invited to attend. Entrance to the meeting which will be held in the school library will be at the back of the school.
PLEASE NOTE: See the video at the end of this post where LPD Officer Jason Bock describes the problem-solving day for the southwest side of Lansing
Do you live in southwest Lansing and do you have any situations where you would like some police department attention?
Perhaps, it’s cars speeding by your house, kids playing basketball in the street, concerns about possible drug activity, loud music or any other problem that might warrant attention from the Lansing Police Department (LPD).
At last Thursday’s Averill Woods Neighborhood Association, LPD officer Jason Bock described the department’s “problem-solving day” next Friday, May 1 from noon to 10 pm where manpower and time has been set aside to check out these complaints.
He encourages those with concerns to e-mail him before next Friday with an outline of the problem. This can be done anonomously with e-mails being kept in confidence.
Check out this video with his description of the day:
The Averill Woods Neighborhood Association meets at 7 p.m. next Thursday, April 23 at Averill School, 3201 Averill Drive, on Lansing’s southwest side.
The agenda for the meeting will be a celebration of opportunities to get involved in some neat projects to update the grounds around Averill School to help reflect its status as a centerpiece in our part of the community.
A task force from our association has been meeting to make plans to enhance outside lighting around the school, resurface play areas and redo grassy areas surrounding the building.
The group has been getting prices, inquiring about grants, working with Principal Rosa Thill and her staff and making plans to mobilize neighbors to help when and where needed.
It’s exciting stuff.
There will be other items on the agenda which I will publish as soon as I get it.
The Averill Woods Neighborhood Association in southwest Lansing (MI) is making plans to take its relationship with its members to the next level with proposed bylaws which could possibly be presented at the Jan. 22 meeting. This PDF is the first draft and will probably be changed to fit our group.
Residents in our neighborhood bounded by Cooley, Deerfield, Holmes and Waverly has operated in the past with a lean and supple organizational structure that could adapt to the needs as presented.
With a perceived need for a more formal organizational structure, the association’s president Melissa Quon-Huber has drafted a proposed set of bylaws.
Your comments are invited and appreciated. The goal is to keep them simple, but yet provide a more formal organizational structure.
This new Lansing update from City Hall reminds me of a coffee shop news that some legislators used to distribute to their constituencies. Check out the Archives of this new publication which started in July and get it e-mailed to you if that’s of interest:
I wasn’t able to catch the discussion last night before the Lansing City Council about the proposal to use $440,000 of taxpayers’ money to fund a move and expansion of the upscale downtown Troppo restaurant.
I’m grateful to the Lansing State Journal for giving the basic facts of the story. But what about the discussion before the City Council? What questions did they ask? What information did they and the city administration provide to help city residents understand it better?
Will the city of Lansing (MI) get back $440,000 in value for the move and expansion?
I’m just curious and thinking ahead to when I pay my property taxes.
